David Griffiths

Pakistan is set to execute a disabled man as activists said it was nearing its 300th hanging in under a year, with Amnesty slamming Islamabad today for "shamefully sealing its place among the world's worst executioners".

Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires.

Pakistan is set to execute a disabled man as activists said it was nearing its 300th hanging in under a year, with Amnesty slamming Islamabad today for "shamefully sealing its place among the world's worst executioners".

Australia experienced its hottest year on record in 2013, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday, enduring the longest heatwave ever recorded Down Under as well as destructive bushfires.