Gunmen in southern Mexico stormed a town hall and killed the mayor in a broad daylight attack that left at least 17 others dead.

Iranian president’s special envoy on Afghanistan affairs says Tehran has pursued an interactive policy with the Taliban to support the Afghan people. 

Colombia extradited the alleged head of the feared Gulf Clan, who had been the country's most wanted drug lord before his capture, to the United States Wednesday where he faces indictments in three federal courts.

Britain is set to impose a form of direct rule over the British Virgin Islands (BVI) after the Caribbean territory’s premier was arrested in the US on suspicion of drug smuggling, in a move which has raised suspicions of a preplanned scenario to overtake the territory.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has called for calm after surviving an attempted coup to overthrow him, stressing that the situation is "under control" in the West African country, which has suffered repeated military takeovers.

Iranian forces disband an international drug smuggling group in southwestern Khuzestan Province, confiscating narcotics and arms from the traffickers.

Members of the anti-Iran MKO terrorist group have been arrested for drug smuggling, human trafficking and money laundering, according to a report.