Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Tag: Drug Addicts
Lao police seize 14 million meth...
Lao police seized more than 14 million methamphetamine tablets during raids on two houses in a village in the notorious crime-ridden Golden Triangle area of Bokeo province and arrested two suspects, police in the northeastern province told Radio Free Asia.
Oregon Trying to Decriminalize Small Amounts...
Decriminalizing small amounts of hard drugs is one novel approach that a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest is trying to combat opioid abuse.
Afghanistan Addiction Crisis:Focus on Bamyan
According to the United Nations, Afghanistan provides 80% of the world’s opium. Millions of people in Afghanistan are affected by drug abuse and addiction
The Menace of Drug Addiction in...
In Afghanistan, the poppy grows wild and has long been the country’s most profitable cash crop. However, opium made from poppy has a competitor in Afghanistan
Afghan Families Are Being Torn Apart...
Afghanistan’s position as the world’s biggest producer of opium is one of the most persistent issues it faces. Afghanistan’s economy and culture are linked with growing, cultivating, and selling the by-products of the indigenous poppy plant
Drugs Continue to Flow in Southeast...
Last month’s arrest of one of Asia’s most wanted men – Tse Chi Lop – may have dented Southeast Asia’s multibillion dollar drug trade
Artificial Nose Developed to Augment Dogs...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, federal agents on the U.S. borders, at ports and in postal facilities are not letting up their guard against another dangerous killer – the artificial opioid, fentanyl. It’s cheaper and up to 100 times more powerful than heroin and it’s killing tens of thousands of American annual
Drug Addicts of Manipur
According to some estimates,there are about 40,000-50,000 drug addicts in Manipur of whom nearly half of them are injecting drug users (IDU)