Narcotics

Jordan and Syria tout close ties, but border smuggling and strikes tell another story – analysis

A church attack in Karak, a Jordanian strike in southern Syria and a foiled 2 million-pill smuggling run have raised tensions in a region that also borders Israel’s Golan.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Mourners attend the funeral of four members of the same family, including three children, who were killed in a reported Jordanian airstrike in the town of Al-Mismiyah, in Syria's southern Daraa province, October 27, 2026.
Tourist police sit next to each other on Pattaya Beach in Pattaya on September 2, 2026

Israeli man arrested in Thailand on suspicion of drugging women, secretly filming sex

Police said the suspect did not have regular employment and spent most of his time at home, but had enough money to support himself.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
The US Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Mahan and USS Bainbridge, sail towards the Caribbean Sea under F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and a US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, in the Atlantic Ocean November 13, 2025.

US military strike kills four suspected narco-terrorists in Caribbean as campaign toll tops 220

It cited what it called "confirmed intelligence" to allege the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking, without providing more details.

|ByREUTERS
A panel at the "Managing the Balance" conference exploring the connections between PTSD and substance use, September 8, 2026.

Music festival survivors, victims' relatives discuss PTSD, substance abuse, mental health effects

A public event commemorating Hamas's October 7 massacre united over 500 individuals as they addressed PTSD, substance abuse, and other mental health effects after surviving or losing relatives.

|ByMILLA WOLMAN

Vietnam court sentences 11 to death in major drug trafficking case, state media reports

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death sentences to 11 defendants convicted of drug trafficking in a case that involved 227 accused people in total.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026ByREUTERS
Former police officer Ha Minh Duc (L) and Nguyen Van Hung (2nd R) are seen during a hearing at the People's Court in Hanoi on July 1, 2025. A Vietnam court sentenced 11 people to death on July 2, including two police officers, after finding them guilty of trafficking drugs over the border from Laos.