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Suwayda has emerged as a new Captagon hub in Syria, triggering Jordanian strikes and a regional security crisis.
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Trump joined by Joe Rogan as he signs order to speed up psychedelic review
Order calls on federal government to relax restrictions on psychedelics, including ibogaine, for potential treatments.
As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’
The Trump administration’s militarised approach and cuts to health programmes threaten progress against fentanyl.
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US strike on Pacific vessel kills three
US military footage released Wednesday shows its latest strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people.
Published On 16 Apr 2026
Doping is a ‘big problem’ in India, global anti-doping body chief says
WADA is targeting India’s performance-enhancing drugs production industry, the world’s biggest.
US military kills three in new Eastern Pacific boat strike
The attack is the latest in a string of killings by the United States that rights groups say are ‘unlawful’.
US forces kill 4 people in latest strike on vessels in eastern Pacific
The killings mark the fourth US deadly strike in the past four days on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Historic but not enough? Colombia’s Gustavo Petro defends cocaine seizures
Colombia’s president has intercepted record volumes of illicit cocaine. But will it be enough to lessen US pressure?
US military kills two men in new strike on vessel in eastern Pacific
Latest attack brings death toll from US strikes on vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean to at least 170 since September.
![A screengrab of a video posted by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on October 29, 2025, reportedly showing the aftermath of a strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Western Pacific Ocean. [Screengrab / US Defense Department]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-30-at-09.31.30-1761787921.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Brazil announces US partnership to intercept weapons, drug trafficking
President Lula’s government said it has seized 1,168 illicit arms imported from the US in the last 12 months alone.
Tiger Woods told police after car crash he was ‘talking to the president’
Police body camera video shows how golfer appeared to be astonished as he was handcuffed for failing sobriety test.
