A Chaguanas man who was sentenced to hang in March 2014, for the murder of 13-year-old Parmanand ‘‘Boyo’’ Persad, whose body was discovered in a partially built Chaguanas house, in 2006, has lost his appeal.

A criminal court in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province sentenced four suspected al-Qaeda militants to death for involvement in terrorist attacks in 2007.

An Iraqi Criminal Court sentenced to death by hanging a member of the Islamic State (IS)

An Egyptian court sentenced to death 75 extremists, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and referred what was the largest single case of capital punishment convictions to the country’s top religious authority.

Two prisoners were hanged on drug related charges at Urmia Central prison

Gaza Court of First Instance issued 2 death sentences by hanging against (G. H.) and (Z. Q.) from Gaza City, after being convicted of participation in murder.

The Madras High Court set aside the conviction as well as death sentence imposed by a trial court on 24-year-old P. Manikandan

Eight people have been sentenced to death and 88 jailed for life over the sorcery-related killings of seven men and children in Papua New Guinea, a report said.

According to a close source, a prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison.

“Nearly all western democracies, as well as dozens of other countries, have abandoned capital punishment.

Weeks after a radicalized Muslim family committed suicide attacks on churches in the city of Surabaya, Indonesia, the country passed an anti-terror law