a man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
Iran has sentenced three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the
a special court in India awarded the death sentence to 11 people, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted four
Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali", received a second death sentence for the mass killing of
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, Fars news
seven men were hanged in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the National Afghanistan TV.
Iran's Supreme Court confirmed a sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery in
despite pleas for clemency from the Bush administration and European officials, a biomedical researcher
a Saudi Arabian man and a stateless Arab convicted of drug trafficking were
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
two Israelis convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by a Thai
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Borujerd. The Kayhan newspaper
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
