A Cumilla court on 14 November 2018 sentenced five people to death for killing three traders 11 years ago.

A 27 year old man of Chingola Township on the Copperbelt has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, zambiareports reported on 12 November 2018.

A military court in Puntland state has sentenced four men to death penalty over charges of terrorism, sources confirmed on 14 November 2018.

An Islamic State (IS) fighter with strong family links to Australia has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court after making detailed admissions about the operations and plots of the extremist group, ABC reported on 14 November 2018.

According to a statement by Tehran Prosecutor's Office, on 14 November 2018 morning, two prisoners were executed in Tehran.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) on 13 November 2018 condemned the kingdom’s persistence on passing death sentences against anti-regime activists, calling the practice an “inhuman punishment” as the ruling Aal-e Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists.

Robert Moreno Ramos was executed on 14 November 2018.

The Cabinet has decided that the death penalty for 33 offences under eight acts of law be abolished, and this includes Section 302 of the Penal Code (murder), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong on 13 November 2018.

According to the IHR sources, a Kurdish woman, Sharareh Elyasi, was executed on a murder charge at Sanandaj prison on 13 November 2018 morning.

Two suspects who were convicted of stabbing an individual in Kalawanchikudi to death were sentenced to death after a prolonged trial by the Batticaloa High Court on 30 October 2018.

The Third Committee on 13 November 2018 approved the draft resolution on a moratorium on use of the death penalty.

The Egyptian government has upheld a death sentence against Sheikh Abdel Halim Gabreel, an 80-year-old Quran tutor, with Amnesty International campaigning for him to receive a presidential pardon, middleeastmonitor reported on 13 November 2018.