2025 • Dec 30
Trump’s shadow war in Venezuela grows, but country’s strongman leader still clings to power
Report of a drone attack on a port facility signals new phase in US military campaign against Nicolás Maduro
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2025 • Dec 16
US designates Colombia’s biggest drug cartel Gulf Clan as terrorist organization
Marco Rubio calls drug-trafficking militia, present in at least 20 of Colombia’s departments, ‘violent and powerful’The US has designated the Gulf Clan,
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2025 • Dec 05
‘Not approved for human use’: the online frenzy for injectable peptides sweeping Australia
Social media is driving a boom in the use of peptides to improve appearance and physical performance. Many are experimental and come with risk of serious side effectsGet our
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2025 • Dec 05
Playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan for alleged drug smuggling
The writer of the Tony award-nominated Slave Play remains in custody after authorities say they found MDMA in his bagAmerican actor and playwright Jeremy O Harris, known for the Tony-nominat...
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2025 • Dec 05
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military had conducted another deadly strike on ...
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2025 • Dec 03
Colombia’s president warns Trump: ‘Do not wake the jaguar’ with threats of military strikes
Gustavo Petro responded to intimations by US president of military strikes on Colombian soil to fight drug traffickingColombia’s pres...
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2025 • Nov 29
Pete Hegseth denies that he gave orders to ‘kill everybody’ on alleged ‘narco-boat’
Defense secretary called reports about his role in strike as ‘fake news’ intended to discredit US militaryThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has declared recent reporting that he may ha...
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2025 • Nov 17
UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers
Yvette Cooper makes first public comments by minister over issue linked to bombing campaign in Caribbean
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2025 • Oct 21
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: Sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
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2025 • Oct 17
Survivors reported after latest US attack on alleged drug boat in Caribbean
It is unknown whether US military rendered aid to survivors after attack on suspected ‘narcoterrorist’ vesselThe US military car...
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2025 • Oct 10
Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland
Public health warning issued after drugs known as nitazenes detected amid move to ban pill testing
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2025 • Oct 09
Senate Republicans vote against check on Trump using deadly force against cartels
First vote in Congress on military campaign that White House says has hit four vessels and killed at least 21 peopleSenate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a ...
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