Saudi Arabia executed an Ethiopian woman convicted of killing a Saudi child, the interior ministry said.

The Hà Nội People’s Court sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for murder and robbing homes.

An Egyptian court sentenced seven people to death for alleged links to the 2013 killing of a senior police

Former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor Ahmad Najib Aris was hanged at the Kajang Prison following the rape and murder of information technology (IT) analyst Canny Ong in 2003.

With an appeal to the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Hands Off Cain asks the liberation of human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, as well as that of all persons detained in Iran for their commitment to the defense and exercise of human rights as universally recognized.

A prisoner sentenced to public execution for rape and murder was hanged in public at a sports stadium in the city of Neyriz (Fars province, southern Iran) in the morning.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang defended his country’s continued reliance on the death penalty while visiting Ottawa, even as he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continue to work toward a formal extradition treaty.

A trial was set to resume this week in Sudan for pastors accused of bringing Christian persecution to the

A prisoner who was executed on drug related charges has been identified. 34-year-old Kamran Maleki was

Xu Gang, former vice governor of the southeast China's Fujian province, stood trial for accepting bribes.

A court in northern Vietnam sentenced nine people to death for heroin trafficking, state media said.

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will propose for the first time to its members next month that they work for the abolition of capital punishment so that even the worst offenders can be rehabilitated.