Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold as farmers find ways round Taliban ban
Opium production in Afghanistan has risen fivefold in a year. According to a UN survey released on Thursday, it’s the [...]
Opium production in Afghanistan has risen fivefold in a year. According to a UN survey released on Thursday, it’s the [...]
At least 139 migrants have died after their boat capsized off Djibouti, with a further 84 people still missing, the [...]
The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco [...]
Antibiotics, malaria treatments, painkillers, opioids. More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized over six years in Central Africa. [...]
“Your mind follows the thread, one by one, row by row. You know? It’s like meditation. I don’t like machines.” [...]
The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either [...]
Homicide rates are falling across much of the world, but organised crime is on the rise in many regions as [...]
Countries adopted on Saturday a new global blueprint for tackling rapidly evolving forms of crime, as the UN’s largest gathering [...]
Sitting in her Vienna office ahead of a pivotal UN gathering in Abu Dhabi, Monica Juma is focused on a [...]
The Security Council met to mark 25 years since the 9/11 attacks with a briefing on counter-terrorism as ambassadors take [...]