1. The Pentagon clears the way for the sale of thousands of US smart bombs to Saudi Arabia as Riyadh continues to target and kill more people in its war on Yemen.
2. In Bahrain, the death sentences are upheld against two activists charged with carrying out bomb attacks. Their lawyers say their clients were tortured and confessed under duress.
3. The UN says Boko Haram terrorists have demolished more than one thousand schools in 2015 alone in their stronghold region in Lake Chad.