Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that 6 detainees, convicted with terrorism charges

the Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences issued in Saudi Arabia by

The Council of Europe urged Belarus not to execute two men found guilty of carrying out

A court in Belarus sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack at a metro station in central Minsk which killed 15 people and wounded scores of others.

A Malian court has sentenced to death a Tunisian man accused of throwing an

Iran hanged three convicted rapists and six drug traffickers -- one of them a woman -- in different cities, local media reported.

A Sudanese court sentenced seven members of a Darfur rebel group to death by hanging

One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Qom (south of Tehran) reported the state run

Fahd bin Saif Al-Qahtani was executed for killing security official Hasan bin Salem

China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public

in China, Lishui karaoke bar owner Chen Weijun, 42, was executed for raping 14

Eleven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shiraz (southern Iran) early in the morning