an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a newspaper reported.

Iran hanged nine men and a woman convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.

Jamaica's Parliament easily rejected a proposal to ban the death penalty in a vote propelled by the country's

the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe

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

the Third Commission of the United Nations’ General Assembly approved, for the second consecutive year, the draft resolution on the 'Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.' 105 countries voted in favour, 48 against, with 31 abstentions.

Burundi's parliament overwhelmingly agreed to abolish the death penalty, but homosexuals

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

Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary spokesman said. Al

Two former officials from China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death for taking bribes.

A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia rescinded the death penalty against a Turkish barber convicted of "cursin