Another four hardcore militants sentenced to death by a military court were executed in the Kohat jail, taking the total number of terrorists hanged there within 48 hours to eight.

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja sentenced a 15-year-old cattle rearer, Haruna Usman, to death for culpable homicide.

Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas rulers have burned a large stash of seized narcotics and sentenced two dealers to death as part of their campaign against drugs.

A Pune special court sentenced three accused to death sentence in kidnapping, gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayna Pujari.

Two prisoners were reportedly hanged on murder charges in the morning at Mashhad Central Prison.

Four hardcore terrorists were executed for being involved in subversive activities in Pakistan, a statement released by Inter-Services Public Relations ISPR.

More than two dozen Egyptians sentenced to death have been ordered by the court of cassation to be retried.

A 46-year-old Singaporean contractor was sentenced to death by the High Court in Johor Baru after he was found guilty of two counts of drug distribution.

Four men convicted of a gang rape that shocked India and attracted worldwide attention will be executed.

The Washington Post reported the highlights of a study by the Sentencing Project: “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences”.

An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohamed Badie to life in prison for "planning violent attacks" in a retrial, judicial officials and a lawyer said.

A Cairo criminal court has exonerated a man who had been previously sentenced to death on charges of involvement in deadly clashes in Giza's Omraniya district following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.