Iraq executed six people despite calls for a moratorium, a justice ministry official said, bringing

Islamists who have seized control of northern Mali publicly executed a man accused

In India, a Delhi Court awarded death sentence to five members of a family convicted earlier

In Sri Lanka, Colombo high court sentenced a woman to death for the possession and distribution

According to reports, an Afghan national was hanged in Evin Prison, Teheran, this

In Jordan, the Criminal Court sentenced a 49-year-old man to death for molesting

According to reports in Iran, 11 prisoners who were transferred from Qezel Hesar

Three Afghan prisoners were hanged in the prison of Tabas, eastern Iran.

A Yemeni appeals court upheld the death sentence against two Al-Qaeda members accused

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian for drug smuggling, the interior ministry announced

In China, the Higher People's Court of Guangdong Province upheld the death sentence of the

Three persons were awarded death sentence by a court in Uttar Pradesh, India, for killing a