Belarus is believed to have carried out its first execution of the year.

Another three "hardcore terrorists" sentenced by military courts were executed in Kohat jail, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Egyptian prison authorities executed six prisoners, in relation to two separate cases.

John Jackson, the former Navarro County, Texas prosecutor and judge, is on trial in front of the Texas State Bar for ethics violations in the 1992 capital trial of Cameron Todd Willingham, which many believe led to the execution of an innocent man.

Puntland is under criticism following the execution of some children suspected to be members of the Al-Shabaab terror group.

A prisoner was reportedly executed at Hamadan Central Prison on murder charges, and another prisoner was returned to his cell after his execution was temporarily halted.

A Tunisian court sentenced two people to death and 16 others to jail terms for acts of "terrorism" in 2014 during which a security guard was killed.

At least 90 people on death row in Iran are under the age of 18, says a group of UN experts who are calling for authorities in the Middle Eastern nation to immediately put an end to the execution of those aged who were under 18 at the time of sentencing.

Mohd Jeefrey bin Ismail was hanged in the early hours, at least according to the scheduled execution date given to his family by the Singapore Prison Service.

Prisons in Texas are in violation of international human rights standards and deny civil rights of its prisoners on death row kept in solitary confinement, a report released Monday by the Human Rights Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law concludes.

The Zambia Correctional Services says it has 170 inmates on death row.

Kenneth Williams, 38, Black, was executed with a lethal injection that left the prisoner lurching and convulsing 20 times before he died.