Morocco has the political will to abolish the death penalty, which has not been applied since 1993, the country’s justice minister told a newspaper.

Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.

the foreign Commission of the Chamber of Deputies held an informal meeting between its Presidency and Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.

there should be “European consensus” for a UN resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, said Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.

four men were executed for destroying oil pipelines in Central China's Henan Province.

the man said to be Shanghai's "top gangster" has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking and other crimes, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Florida executed a serial killer just hours before Texas put to death a man convicted in the stabbing deaths of his parents and an uncle.

Russia has deported an Uzbek man to his Central Asian homeland, defying pressure from activists who said he could face execution at home, his supporters said.

the state of Ohio executed a cult leader who killed a family of five, a crime he said God had commanded him to carry out.

a Kyrgyz court has sentenced to death three men charged with taking part in an armed raid in the south of the Central Asian country earlier this year, a state prosecution official said.

it was announced that the execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man held in Pakistan, will not take place during Prince Charles's visit to the country.

the Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted twenty seven individuals between October 5-12 for crimes including kidnapping, possession of illegal weapons, using or taking advantage of someone else’s legal documents, heading, leading, joining armed groups, and illegal border crossing.