VIENNA, March 13 (UPI) — The growing traffic of narcotics through Africa by transnational criminal groups has prompted a new U.N.-African Union initiative aimed at tackling the threat.

MEXICO CITY, March 13 (UPI) — Mexico’s president has promised to strengthen security efforts targeting organized criminal groups and called the escalating volatility a two-country problem.

VIENNA, March 13 (UPI) — The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said Friday it would host a workshop designed to bring together experts to discuss cybersecurity.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, March 13 (UPI) — Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency said recently in Thailand that security for sealed radioactive sources must be improved.

UNITED NATIONS, March 13 (UPI) — Without high-level talks to address ongoing tensions in Madagascar, the country’s stability may be under threat, according to the head of the United Nations.

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.