Another four murder convicts were executed in Lahore, Sahiwal and Bahawalpur cities of Punjab province, raising the total number of executions to 95 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after the Taliban school massacre.

Giving benefit of prolonged delay in deciding on his mercy petition by the President, the Punjab and Haryana high court commuted the death sentence of Dharampal, a rape convict from Sonipat who later murdered five members of the rape survivor's family while out on parole in 1993, to life imprisonment.

Two convicted drug traffickers were spared the gallows today, four years after being sentenced to death.

Twenty prisoners were hanged for drug related charges between 16 and 20 April in three different Iranian cities.

At least fifteen death row convicts were sent to the gallows in different jails of the country, the highest number of executions on a single day since reversing of the country's self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after the Taliban school massacre.

An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in jail on violence-related charges.

An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi over an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.

a murder convict, identified as Manzoor Vasli, was hanged to death in the district jail of Vehari

Oklahoma became the 1st US state to approve nitrogen gas for executions under a measure Governor

Ten prisoners were hanged in Iran on April 13 and 20.

A 39-year-old male Singaporean was executed at Changi Prison Complex, after being convicted of murder and sentenced to death on Apr 7, 2009, police said in a media release.

In Pakistan five killers were awarded death sentences on ten counts by Anti Terrorism Court and each were fined to pay Rs 1.5 million, in a murder case.