The death sentence handed down to two militants of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)

A 35-year-old Algerian was sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing a Chinese man and stealing more than Dh1 million in cash from him.

four murder convicts were hanged in Pakistan in two days.

A Saudi who kidnapped and tried to rape his employer was put to death in the kingdom’s 64th execution of the year.

Zimbabwe is making significant strides towards the elimination of the death penalty from its statutes as

Two death row convicts were sent to the gallows in the Central Jail Sahiwal on early morning while execution of another death row prisoner was postponed, Dunya News reported.

The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced three men to the death penalty for murdering two police officers and a gendarme lieutenant in two separate cases in Irbid and Maan.

The death sentence of Himan Ouraminejad who was charged with murder as a juvenile, has been confirmed in the Supreme Court and is waiting for the permission of head of judiciary to be executed.

Pope Francis called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, saying the commandment "You shall not kill" was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as for the innocent. Using some of his strongest words ever against capital punishment, he also called on Catholic politicians worldwide to make "a courageous and exemplary gesture" by seeking a moratorium on executions during the Church's current Holy Year, which ends in November.

Burundian Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye requested the reintroduction of the death penalty to

An Iraqi court sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.

A teenage boy has been beheaded by ISIS for simply listening to Western music.