Caught between conflict and survival, Myanmar’s displaced communities are turning to poppy farming, fueling a booming opium trade in the war-torn nation.

The darkening rule of the Taliban regime over Afghanistan continues to dim prospect women's rights as well as any chances for the war-torn country to overcome an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reported a significant rise in the price of opium, reaching $750 per ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who leads the cabinet sub-committee on the anti-drug initiative, on Sunday said the Aam Aadmi Party’s fight against drugs has started yielding results, mar ...

Rajkot: Kutch (East) police uncovered an illegal operation involving the cultivation of opium poppy, intermixed with castor and cumin plants, in a Rapar taluka village. The authorities seized ...

The economic crisis and war have pushed farmers and displaced people to turn to opium poppy cultivation, despite the meagre earnings. The flow of money finances both the military junta and ethnic ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year ...

Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as ...