An Afghan appeal court overturned the death sentence of a young reporter accused of insulting Islam

two men convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.

Texas executed its 12th inmate so far this year, when Joseph Ray Ries, 29, was given a lethal injection as

Iran hanged four men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, state

two Pakistani citizens convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia were beheaded by the sword in the

a Yemen court of appeal confirmed a death sentence on espionage charges against a Saudi who had been

The state of Pennsylvania has asked the US Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to overturn

A new Iranian judicial directive bans the execution of juvenile offenders for drug crimes but keeps capital

Beijing's former vice mayor Liu Zhihua was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes,

a total of 40 Filipinos overseas are facing the death penalty in various countries, a government official of the

Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western town of Doroud in Lorestan province,

problems with the proposal to end the death penalty in Zanzibar prompted a heated debate among legal