War Zone
Coverage of War Zone in the Nexus archive.
- Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show
The DEA allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to enter New Mexico streets between 2023 and 2025 despite monitoring shipments, according to agents and records. The strategy, criticized as a public safety risk, involved letting pills reach communities to build larger criminal cases, with a DEA agent alleging it contributed to deaths.
- How mistrust and war are fueling a deadly Ebola outbreak
Central Africa's deadly Ebola outbreak is being fueled by mistrust and war, with efforts to contain it facing challenges due to porous borders and conflict.
- Rice, dhal and unanswered distress calls: Death of a mariner onboard Celestial Sea
A mariner died onboard the vessel Celestial Sea, highlighting issues faced by Indian seafarers including depleting supplies, unaddressed distress calls, rationing of food and water, stressful conditions in a war zone, and U.S. Navy's hostile maneuvers.