Three death-row prisoners convicted of murder were executed in Pakistan in different jails and another escaped the noose.

A man who killed a relative of Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua during a robbery in Nairobi has been

Egypt's Minya Criminal Court handed down a death sentence in absentia to eight members of the outlawed

The Pekanbaru district court sentenced a Malaysian to death for smuggling 46.5 kilograms of

Seven prisoners have been hanged in Birjand and Tabriz Prisons in the last days.

A man and woman were stoned to death by Taliban militants in northern Sar-i-Pul province for having immoral contacts.

Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least

Two prisoners sentenced to death for drug related charges were executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on the morning, say unofficial reports.

A court in Egypt ratified death sentences for 12 people convicted of planning attacks on behalf of ISIS.

A group of over 80 girls who were being detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia have arrived back in Kenya.

The Cuban government said it plans to pardon 3,522 prisoners over the next 72 hours as a "humanitarian"

An Iraqi convicted of murder became the 132nd person executed in Saudi Arabia this year, the interior ministry said.