Authorities in China and the United States have arrested five suspects in a coordinated cross-border drug smuggling investigation.

The cause of death of Brazilian influencer Barbara Jankavski, known online as the “Human Barbie,” has been confirmed after authorities exhumed her body for a second autopsy amid ongoing doubts raised by her family.

A criminal network described as a “gringo cartel” has been linked to a wider transnational drug trafficking operation involving US-based actors and Mexican criminal organizations, according to a report published by Borderland Beat.

Biopharmaceutical company Odyssey Therapeutics (ODTX.O), opens new tab has raised $279 million in its upsized U.S. initial public ​offering, the company said on Thursday.

Iranian authorities have executed Masoud Shirzad, a prisoner from Kashan, at Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd); he had previously been sentenced to death on charges linked to “drug offenses.”

A drug-processing laboratory has been destroyed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province during a counter-narcotics operation, local authorities confirmed on May 1, 2026.

A suspected £4m cannabis haul has been seized in a cross-border police operation. The discovery was made following the stop and search of a lorry travelling from Scotland to Larne Harbour, Northern Ireland, on Monday.

The U.S. military has carried out a deadly strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two individuals described as “narco-terrorists,” according to officials.

The rise of synthetic drugs and digital trafficking methods is forcing a shift in global anti-narcotics strategies.

Amazon has officially stepped deeper into the booming weight-loss drug market, launching a new GLP-1 treatment program designed to make obesity care faster, more convenient, and more accessible for patients.