A prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Eslamabad-e Gharb (Kermanshah province) on murder charges.

Prosecutors accept life plea by Shannon Miles, a severely mentally ill man in killing of Texas sheriff's deputy.

A Giza criminal court sentenced nine people to death for killing the bodyguard of then-governor of the Central Bank of Egypt Hesham Ramez in February 2013.

An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven people for membership of the Islamic State (IS) group and over the beheading in Libya of 21 Christians, all but one of them from Egypt, judicial officials said.

A prisoner was hanged in public in Salmas County (West Azerbaijan) in front of a crowd of people.

The Kegalla High Court sentenced to death four accused who stood indicted over a murder and were found guilty.

On September 19, 2017, from 9 am at the Golden Tulip ElMechtel Hotel in Tunis, the conference "Containing the death penalty in time of war on terrorism" will be held in the framework of the same project supported by the European Union.

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has stated clearly that he cannot assent to an execution of the death penalty which is legal in the East African country.

The public and revolutionary prosecutor of Anbarabad announced that a man was publicly hanged on Septem

Gary Otte, 45, White, was executed. Otte was the 2nd inmate put to death since Ohio ended a 3-year execution hiatus prompted by a lethal injection that raised questions about the drugs being used.

A Russian national convicted of being an ISIS fighter has been sentenced to death by a criminal court in Baghdad, Iraq's High Judicial Council announced.

A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.