Iran’s police force has seized more than 400 tons of illegal drugs since March. The United Nations says Iran's security forces are making three-quarters of the world’s opium seizures and a quarter of global heroin seizures. But people…

Drug addiction in Afghanistan, once mostly limited to men who spent years as laborers or war refugees in Iran, has exploded into a nationwide scourge that affects millions of people, including a growing number of women and children. (Washington Post…

The US ambassador to Colombia publicly aired his country's main grievances with regard to Colombia's peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group, adding to growing pressure from the United States over the historic deal. "The FARC have not complie…

MANILA. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have met in Washington to discuss Manila's anti-drug war, a statement issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said here Thursday. D…

Byron Allatog, 39, refuses to enforce controversial President's order to kill suspected narcotics traffickers on island of Cebu. (The Independent, UK, 09.10.2017) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rodrigo-duterte-war-on-drugs-police…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has demoted the country's police from leading his drugs war, amid growing criticism of the bloody crackdown. (BBC, 12.10.2017) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41591534