The scale of the morphine scandal
18 million people across the world died in 2012 without morphine – shocking, when you realise that 80 per cent of the world’s morphine is consumed by just six countries.
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Surrounded by the fresh food they pick to send to supermarkets, but living in flimsy shacks, workers in Spain tell me how their dreams of better lives are crushed by the grim reality of exploitation.
Arab leaders announce the formation of a unified regional force to counter security threats, as conflicts rage in countries such as Yemen and Libya.
Saudi Arabia is contributing 100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers to the military operation in Yemen, despite opposition from Iran and China, as the country slides toward civil war.
Screening measures for Ebola are to be reviewed after a health worker was found to have the virus having flown on from Heathrow after repeated tests.
Riot police clash with protesters in Barcelona after a raid on squatters – and demonstrators plan to hit the streets against anti-demo laws – what’s going on in Spain?
18 million people across the world died in 2012 without morphine – shocking, when you realise that 80 per cent of the world’s morphine is consumed by just six countries.
US secretary of state John Kerry meets his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo for “detailed and frank” talks with a “vital partner” that Washington says it is committed to working with.
The 92 migrants found dead in Niger were just a handful of people among thousands each year who brave dehydration and starvation to escape across the Sahara desert.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister apologises to protesters for “excessive violence” used by police. But after five days of civil strife, are events inside the country spiralling out of control?
Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country’s most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.
Everybody knows the only people out on the streets after dark are rebel fighters or the army taking them on, but for a mother of three boys the daily battle is for rent, gas for heating and cooking and basic foods.
A Chinese businessman suspected of killing all four members of a family in Northamptonshire in 2011 is arrested in Morocco and extradited back to the UK.
The war in Mali has been characterised as a simple battle between Islamic fundamentalists and French forces lending support to the Malian army and government, but the reality is a little more complex.
As world leaders assemble in Morocco, opposition leaders question the US decision to designate the Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra as terrorists. Lindsey Hilsum reports from Marrakech.
Major powers give Syria’s opposition full political recognition after US President Barack Obama said Washington would recognise a newly-formed coalition against President Bashar al-Assad.