Armed group Al shabaab have beheaded two telecommunication staff in Galcad in Galgadud region. The

Maldives foreign minister Dhunya Maumoon stepped down over what she described as a profound differences of opinion with the government’s bid to enforce the death penalty.

The leader of Al-Qaeda, Al-Zawahri, has threatened the United States with "grave consequences" if the

A Tamale High Court has sentenced a 22-year-old woman, Zelia Sulemana, to death by hanging for murder.

Iraq executed five convicts, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.

Just 5 prosecutors representing less than 0.2% of US counties are responsible for 14% of all people

A man convicted of killing 18 people when he set a public bus on fire in China was sentenced to death, authorities said.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Abadi has ordered that all terrorists sentenced to death be immediately executed, local media reported.

San Fernando High Court found Jason Housten, 36, guilty and sentenced him to hang for the murder of

The Delta State House of Assembly in Asaba, approved life imprisonment for any person convicted of

A judge in Mexico temporarily blocked the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the US after his lawyers appealed the move over fears that the infamous drug cartel leader might face the death penalty.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced an elderly Australian national to death for trafficking 1.6kg of heroin