The United States plans to spend nearly $1.5 billion to fund access to medications for opioid overdoses, sanctions against traffickers, and increased funding for law enforcement.
Voting has commenced in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine in a referendum that Russia is expected to use to justify the annexation of four regions.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned protesters who have taken to the streets across the country in fury over the death of a woman, Mahsa Amini, in Iran's morality police custody.
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set to meet on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
World leaders meeting at the United Nations in New York have denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the assembly the U.N.'s credibility is in danger because of the invasion by Russia,…
A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe.