The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad has sentenced 13 Turkish women to death over affiliation to Islamic State, DPA reported on 21 October 2018.

Iran's Supreme Court has upheld death sentences given to two financial traders convicted of illegal currency trading and "disrupting the economy", RFE/RL reported on 23 October 2018.

An Italian-American for over 40 years on the death row in Florida asks for Italian citizenship, ANSA reported on 19 October 2018.

The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on 18 October 2018 set aside death sentence to more than 50 convicts awarded by the military courts on terrorism charges including suicide attacks and martyring security forces, police, lawmakers and civilians.

Two prisoners were hanged on 16 October 2018 in Isfahan on murder charges.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on 11 October 2018 acquitted Chaudhry Abid Raza (PML-N MNA) and three others in a murder case.

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on 18 October 2018 called for the abolition of death sentence in Nigeria.

A prisoner was executed on 17 October 2018 at Ilam Central Prison on murder charges.

Pakistan on 17 October 2018 hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January.

The Iraqi Justice Ministry has carried out death sentences against six convicts involved in terrorism charges, IraqiNews.com reported on 17 October 2018.

The Criminal Court of Kassala on 15 October 2018 convicted a muezzin of raping a five-year-old girl, and sentenced him to death by hanging.

According to HRANA, on 14 October 2018 a prisoner named Ayyub Jahandar, 28, from Torbat Heydariye city, was hanged at Ferdows County prison.