a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering a compatriot

Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in the northern city of Semnan, the state news agency

Oulegoh Keyewa, the Togolese Minister for Communication and Culture, read a statement announcing

the advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister of the Interior, A. Rehman Malik, said the Ministry of Interior is

New death sentences in the United States were at or near a three-decade low this year and the number of people executed will be the lowest since 1994, according to a new report. The nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center reports 37 executions in 2008, with no more expected for the remainder of the year.

Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the southern city of Kazeroun, Quds newspaper

it is almost one week since a number of death row inmates at Ukonga Prison in Dar es Salaam,

a group of Algerian parliamentarians filed a bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment, amove

four men in China were sentenced to death for killing eight people over nine years, according to Beijing

Iran executed a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the

a Doha Appeals Court commuted the death sentence given to a 31 year old Egyptian woman, accused of

Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan