Noah Zaitar allegedly ran a drug empire, producing and exporting narcotics, including the synthetic stimulant captagon.

The government has announced a plan to strengthen border security and increasing addiction services to combat the issue.

The Elephant asks if hard-line US immigration and security policies are putting Kiwis off.

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The Cook Islands Tourism Industry Council is demanding answers as the diplomatic dispute between the Cook Islands and New Zealand deepens.

Our navy, spies and police will be sent hunting drug smuggling routes from Central and South America as part of a bold new ...

Some of President Zelensky’s closest friends and business partners stole over $100 million that was supposed to be used to harden the defences around Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. There’s a word ...

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown told local media he had requested a meeting with New Zealand's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister regarding the funding pause, but was declined. It comes as a ...

Michael Ray Richardson, a versatile guard who was banned from the NBA for violating its drug policy in the 1980s, died ...

UN backs Trump’s Gaza plan, but Hamas rejects security force. Samoan PM blocks country’s daily newspaper. Philippine protests ...

The president said the crown prince “knew nothing about it” and said of Khashoggi that “a lot of people didn’t like that ...