AFP, Qatar: A Qatari and a Jordanian were among five people executed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, bringing to 69 the number of people it has put to death this year. The Qatari, Mohammed Jarboui, was executed in the eastern region of Al-Ahsa after being convicted of murdering a Saudi, the interior ministry…

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday accused a Malian jihadist of war crimes for "a callous" 2012 attack on the centuries-old world heritage site of Timbuktu, reports AFP. "We must stand up to the destruction and defacing of our common heritage," said chief…

AFP, Vietnam: Vietnam is suffering its worst drought in nearly a century with salinisation hitting farmers especially hard in the crucial southern Mekong delta, experts said Monday. "The water level of the Mekong River has gone down to its lowest level since 1926, leading to the worst drought and…