Minsk City Court sentenced two persons to death after a retrial.

An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a German woman of Moroccan origin to death by hanging, after convicting her of joining the Islamic State militant group.

Egypt’s highest appellate court upheld death sentences handed down against three people for killing a senior police officer in 2013.

According to Iran Newspaper, on the morning two prisoners were executed at Karaj Central Prison. The prisoners were sentenced to death on the charge of rape.

Anthony Allen Shore, 55, White, was executed.

Iranian authorities have amputated one hand of a prisoner who was charged with stealing sheep. The amputation was carried out at Mashhad Central Prison.

Botswana brushed off international calls to scrap the death penalty, saying it is not an abuse of individual human rights.

The killers of Diokpa Felix Boise, the 75- year- old uncle of Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu have been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court.

A Malaysian and four Indian nationals were sent to the gallows by the Shah Alam High Court for drug trafficking.

The Ernakulam district court sentenced a man to death for murdering a four-year-old girl at Chottanikkara in 2013.

According to a report by HRANA, a prisoner was executed on the morning at Babol prison. The 27-year-old prisoner, identified as Y. S., was sentenced to death on murder charges.