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An handout picture released by the Saudi Interior Ministry on August 31, 2022, shows handcuffed suspects and bags of amphetamine pills on display at a warehouse in a undisclosed location. — AFP Saudi authorities seize 47mn amphetamine pills while thwarting smuggling bid. Six Syrians, two Pakistanis among arrested for trafficking pills, concealed in a flour shipment. State media describes it as largest ever drug trafficking operation in kingdom. RIYADH: Saudi officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, state media reported Wednesday, describing it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Two Pakistanis and six Syrians were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry port in the capital Riyadh and were taken to a warehouse, the Saudi Press Agency said. A spokesman for the Saudi General Directorate of Narcotics Control said it was the "biggest operation of its kind to

Representational image for the heatwave - Canva/file A brutal heatwave is currently baking countries around the globe. Last week, the UK recorded the hottest day ever, with temperatures at London Heathrow Airport reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). Much of Central Asia and South Asia has experienced temperatures that are 20 degrees higher than average. National Weather Service heat advisories and warnings were extended in Texas last week, a day after triple-digit temperatures swept across the US.  Also read:   Explainer: What causes heatwaves? In Pakistan, too, temperatures have risen several degrees over the years. According to a TRT World  infographic, in 2015, Pakistan was one of the worst-affected countries with temperatures reaching 45 degrees Celsius and more than 1,300 people killed. Some of the worst heat waves in history In 2019, the heatwave claimed the lives of 56,000 people in Russia, according to the infographic, making it the worst in r