A Chinese court sentenced a 54-year-old man dubbed the country's "Jack the Ripper" to death for the rape and murder of 11 women and girls over the course of 14 years, state television reported.

The Emir of Kuwait has commuted the death sentence of 15 Indians to life imprisonment, the government informed Lok Sabha.

A State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Raji Babatunde, to death for armed robbery.

A Chittagong court has sentenced three men to death for raping and murdering a teen seven years ago.

President of Mongolia Khaltmaa Battulga intends to initiate draft amendments to the Criminal Code of Mongolia reinstating the capital punishment, Montsame state news agency reported.

Three men, including two Taiwanese nationals, were sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia after they were found guilty of trafficking in 8kg of drug into the country.

A Kuwaiti criminal court has sentenced a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death by hanging for killing their Philipina maid, according to Al Arabiya News Channel.

Iraq sentenced six Turkish women to death and a seventh to life in prison after being convicted on charges of terrorism, including providing support to ISIL operations.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering Alexandria liquor store owner Youssef Lamei.

Two Kuwaiti citizens were sentenced to capital punishment over their involvement in raping a female citizen.

Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State governor, has approved the grant of total pardon to five inmates who were serving various prison terms and commuted 30 others on death row to life imprisonment.

The Ndola High Court sentenced five men and two women to death by hanging for murdering Senior Chief Tafuna and his subject in Mpulungu following a succession dispute.