A Lebanese man convicted of killing a lottery card salesman in 2012 was sentenced to death, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The Makurdi High Court has sentenced two persons to death for kidnapping and killing a former Vicar-General of Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Rev. John Alexander Adeyi.

Hungary’s new radical party, Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland), said it was in favour of restoring capital punishment

The Tamale High Court in the Northern region has convicted two students to death for killing a pastor in a robbery attack 10 months ago.

Four policemen were sentenced to death in Akwa Ibom State for killing a motorcyclist.

Two men who were found guilty of keeping 2.8 grams of heroin in their possession were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Gihan Kulatunga.

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.