An Egyptian court sentenced 28 people to death in connection with the 2015 assassination of the country's prosecutor-general, according to a local judicial source.

An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo sentenced a man, Kayode Adedeji to death by hanging for robbing a woman of the sum of N3,420.

A death row convict was executed in Central Jail Attock in the early morning.

Thirteen were sentenced to death by the Giza Criminal Court for the killing of former Central Bank Governor Hisham Ramez’s bodyguard.

Kim Jong Un's brutal North Korean regime shot so-called "criminals" to death in schoolyards and fish markets in a twisted attempt to create an "atmosphere of fear" throughout the dictatorship, a report from a human rights group revealed.

The Baluch Activists Campaign has reported on the execution of one prisoner on the morning at Chabahar Prison (Sistan & Baluchestan province, southern Iran).

A death-row prisoner was hanged at Multan Central Jail early.

According to close sources, on the morning four prisoners were hanged at Isfahan Central Prison.

A double murder convict was hanged after spending almost two decades in Central Jail Adiala for killing his brother and sister-in-law in Kallar Syedan.

A Gazipur court sentenced five people to death for killing a trader in Kaliganj upazila of the district in 2008, reports UNB.

Three prisoners were reportedly hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on drug related charges.