Lawmakers in Rivers State and Enugu State of Nigeria have endorsed capital punishment for persons

A Saudi man convicted of murdering a compatriot was beheaded by the sword in the western

Iran's judiciary said it drew up a bill which aims to ease punishments for minor offenders and make

Authorities have hanged a man in south-western Iran, state media

a part time taxi driver was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he

Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio has granted clemency sparing the life of Jeffrey D. Hill.

Northeast China's Liaoning Province will abandon execution by shooting and

the New Mexico House of Representatives voted to abolish New Mexico's death

three convicts in the sensational Minu Ara murder case in Bangladesh were executed in the Jessore central jail.

English authorities recognised the political refugee status of Iranian lesbian Pegah Emambakhsh, the Radical Association Certi Diritti said.

A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement

three Iranians convicted of killing a businessman were hanged in the western city of Kermanshah, a newspaper reported.