DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, March 12 (UPI) — Tajikistan’s government held talks Thursday with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to strengthen ties on combating drug trafficking.

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 12 (UPI) — The United Nations is backing a plan to deploy more than 300 newly trained police to help stabilize the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

FORT DIX, N.J., March 12 (UPI) — After more than a year of development, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff has approved a new charter for the Air Force Expeditionary Center.

STRASBOURG, France, March 12 (UPI) — Ukraine government authorities are looking to increase coordinated international efforts to combat cybercrimes.

BRUSSELS, March 12 (UPI) — The EU Parliament called Thursday for an immediate halt to violence in Sri Lanka in order to provide aid to a growing humanitarian crisis.