Iraq hanged 38 Sunni Muslim militants after they were sentenced to death on terrorism charges, the justice ministry said in a statement.

According to the state-run news agency, Fars, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Sari Centrals Prison on murder charges.

The Hanoi People’s Court has sentenced three people to death for drug trafficking and transportation.

Mandatory death sentence is no longer lawful in Kenya. This is after the Supreme Court on December 14 declared Section 204 of the Penal Code, which stipulates mandatory death sentence, as unconstitutional.

On the confirmation of the death sentence of Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Djalali with allegations of espionage by the Supreme Court, Hands Off Cain demands Italy to take a strong stand.

The certainty of apprehension, not the severity of punishment, is more effective as a deterrent.

Two people were executed publicly in Isfahan this morning on charges of killing a police officer.

A 35-year-old inmate identified as Sayad Ahadi was hanged on the morning for murder charges in Ardabil Central Prison.

Four people have been sentenced to death and two others received life term for the 2009 murder of auto-rickshaw driver Md Rana.

Individuals, convicted of terrorism charges, deserve "the strongest penalty allowed by law," including death penalty, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

Six persons were sentenced to death by a court in connection with the suspected honour killing of a 22-year old Dalit man in full public view in nearby Udumalpet in March last year.

Six inmates were hanged on murder charges in Iran, in two different prisons.