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As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High

New York Times 1 min read 9 hours ago

Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling.
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