A man lost his appeal and will be executed for killing his wife in a fit of rage after she suspected him of
A court in the northern province of Yen Bai handed down the death penalty to a man for killing four people
An Italian court refused to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunisia earlier this year because he might face the death penalty in the case.
The Criminal Court sentenced a 49-year-old father to death after convicting him of raping his minor
A former police corporal, Smart Udeme, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his colleague, one Sgt. Yunusa Isah of Mopol 7 Squadron, Sokoto.
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, bringing the number of people put to death this year to 138.
In an interview with Bill Keller of The Marshall Project, President Obama said the administration of the
Two death row prisoners were hanged in the jails of Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur while the execution of two convicts was postponed.
Islamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters stoned to death two men accused of being gay in Aleppo, Syria over the weekend.
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014.
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed this year on Shi'ite
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners - Bahman
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran