A prisoner was reportedly executed at Hamadan Central Prison on murder charges, and another prisoner was returned to his cell after his execution was temporarily halted.

A Tunisian court sentenced two people to death and 16 others to jail terms for acts of "terrorism" in 2014 during which a security guard was killed.

At least 90 people on death row in Iran are under the age of 18, says a group of UN experts who are calling for authorities in the Middle Eastern nation to immediately put an end to the execution of those aged who were under 18 at the time of sentencing.

Mohd Jeefrey bin Ismail was hanged in the early hours, at least according to the scheduled execution date given to his family by the Singapore Prison Service.

Prisons in Texas are in violation of international human rights standards and deny civil rights of its prisoners on death row kept in solitary confinement, a report released Monday by the Human Rights Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law concludes.

The Zambia Correctional Services says it has 170 inmates on death row.

Kenneth Williams, 38, Black, was executed with a lethal injection that left the prisoner lurching and convulsing 20 times before he died.

Iranian parliament’s Judicial Commission spokesperson has announced that this commission has agreed with a proposal to reduce death penalty to 30 years in prison for a number of drug-related offences.

Four terrorists, who were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism were executed at a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an ISPR press release.

Somali military court executed four suspects linked to Al- Shabaab for carrying out blasts in the town of Baidoa, the administrative capital of Southwest last year.

Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart. The first was Jack Jones, 52, White.

Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart. The second was Marcel Williams, 46, Black.