UN report says cocaine market booming as meth trafficking spreads
Globally, more than 296 million people used drugs in 2021, an increase of 23 percent since 2011, the UN report says.
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Analysis: Iraq’s new budget may hamper more than it helps
This year’s budget is Iraq’s largest at 198.9 trillion dinars ($153bn) with the same allocated for 2024 and 2025.
Russia’s ‘internal affair’: China plays down Wagner mutiny impact
Beijing stresses 'national stability' as state media reports the collapse of the Wagner revolt strengthened Putin.
Australian court dismisses Russia bid to stop embassy eviction
Squatter seen leaving the site near Parliament House that the government has vetoed as a security risk.
Australia announces new $74m assistance package to Ukraine
The money will go towards providing new military vehicles but funds are also being sent for humanitarian needs.
North Korea holds rallies denouncing ‘imperialist US’
Tens of thousands attend events in Pyongyang as country marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 488
As the war enters it 488th day, these are the main developments.
50 years after the Vietnam War ended, its bombs continue to kill
US has channelled millions to clean up UXO but farmers and children continue to discover unexploded missiles.
Counting begins in Guatemala after divisive presidential poll
Many Guatemalans disappointed at the choices after the authorities excluded three opposition candidates.
San Francisco’s new drag laureate wants you to be ‘more fabulous’
A new city-funded position aims to elevate drag performers at a time when anti-LGBTQ legislation is sweeping the US.
Five civilians killed, some ‘beheaded’, in southeast Kenya
The attack by al-Shabab occurred in villages that border Somalia, an area where the group often carries out raids.
‘All bets are off’: An uncertain future after Wagner mutiny
Speculation abounds on social media, but experts warn against drawing conclusions on the fate of the Wagner Group.
One killed, nine injured in roller coaster crash in Sweden
Police say nine people hospitalised after a roller coaster partly derailed at the Grona Lund theme park.
At least nine killed in Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib
More than 34 people wounded in bombings that also targeted a crowded market, rescuers tell Al Jazeera.
‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia
The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million.
Afghan women being provided ‘comfortable’ lives: Taliban chief
Taliban's supreme leader says the status of Afghanistan's women as 'free and dignified human beings' has been restored.
‘Incomplete revolution’: Tunisia crackdown slammed by critics
Experts and family members of those arrested say the North African country is no more an Arab Spring success story.
Israeli forces say will clamp down on settler ‘terrorism’
Israeli security chiefs to beef up military presence and ramp up arrests of settlers attacking Palestinian villages.
Greek conservatives take commanding lead in new vote: Exit poll
Voters expected to give former Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's conservative party a second term in office.
US’s Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam’s Danang
The visit comes as the US and Vietnam look to deepen ties amid concerns about China's growing regional strength.