Yousef Baghizadeh, a prisoner convicted of drug-related offences, was hanged in Khoram Abad Central

The Permanent Military Court in Gaza City, acting as a court of First Instance, sentenced N. 'A. A., 37

Another death row convict, Muhammad Sadiq, was hanged in the Central Jail of Sahiwal, Dunya News reported. He was executed for murdering a man named Abbas in 1999 over a property dispute.

Iraqi Justice Ministry reported receiving 21 presidential decrees for executing convicts charged with

China amended the country's criminal law, tightening corruption sentencing, reclassifying sex with underage prostitutes as rape and eliminating the death penalty for nine crimes, state media reported.

Saudi authorities put to death a convicted murderer, bringing to 130 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year

Iran hanged five prisoners collectively in the Central Prison of Karaj, north-west of Tehran.

at least seven prisoners were sent to gallows in Pakistan between September 2 and 3.

six prisoners were executed in Iran between August 29 and September 1st.

The state of North Carolina sought to make amends, awarding each man $750,000 for the time they spent

two Pakistani citizens were beheaded in the last days in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking, bringing to 129

Roderick Nunley, 50, Black, was executed for the for the March 22, 1989 kidnapping, rape and stabbing