Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
Barakat bin Sadun bin Raja' al-Outaibi, a Saudi man, was put to death in the capital Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman for drugs smuggling.
Morocco has the political will to abolish the death penalty, which has not been applied since 1993, the country’s justice minister told a newspaper.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.
the foreign Commission of the Chamber of Deputies held an informal meeting between its Presidency and Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.
there should be “European consensus” for a UN resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, said Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.
four men were executed for destroying oil pipelines in Central China's Henan Province.
the man said to be Shanghai's "top gangster" has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking and other crimes, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Florida executed a serial killer just hours before Texas put to death a man convicted in the stabbing deaths of his parents and an uncle.
Russia has deported an Uzbek man to his Central Asian homeland, defying pressure from activists who said he could face execution at home, his supporters said.
the state of Ohio executed a cult leader who killed a family of five, a crime he said God had commanded him to carry out.
On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.