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Iran’s President warns US sanctions could increase flow of illegal drugs
Middle East

Iran’s President warns US sanctions could increase flow of illegal drugs

  (CNN) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that the United States’ re-imposed sanctions on Iran will not help…
Administrative Control Authority arrests human trafficking gang
Egypt

Administrative Control Authority arrests human trafficking gang

  The Administrative Control Authority announced on Thursday the arrest of an international human trafficking network of 20 suspects, of…
Pablo Escobar’s dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on
World

Pablo Escobar’s dark legacy refuses to die 25 years on

  Twenty-five years after he was gunned down by police, Pablo Escobar’s legacy refuses to die in Medellin, the Colombian…
US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb
World

US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb

Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb — taking more than…
Egypt says cheap new drug ‘Strox’ threatens its youth
Society

Egypt says cheap new drug ‘Strox’ threatens its youth

  CAIRO (Reuters) – For years, Mostafa Mahmoud struggled to pay for his expensive drug addiction, spending much of his…
Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production
World

Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production

GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development which could bring the supply…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East

Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Professor Yacoub inaugurates largest pharmaceutical research center in Egypt
Health & Fitness

Professor Yacoub inaugurates largest pharmaceutical research center in Egypt

  Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Magdi Yacoub on Sunday inaugurated the Mounir Armanious Research Center (MARC), the largest center specialized…
‘Game changer’ tuberculosis drug cures 8 in 10
Health & Fitness

‘Game changer’ tuberculosis drug cures 8 in 10

  Tuberculosis killed at least 1.7 million people in 2017, according to the WHO, making the airborne infection the world’s…
Canada’s legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries
World

Canada’s legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries

  For decades poor farmers in countries like Jamaica and Morocco have risked the wrath of governments and gangsters to…
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