A death row prisoner was hanged at the Central Jail in Faisalabad in the morning. Ghafoor Masih had

North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.

Seven persons have been sentenced to death by the Tangalle High Court over a murder reported in 1989.

One death row convict was executed in the Central Jail Multan on early morning, Dunya News reported. The dead body was handed over to legal heirs after completing medico-legal formalities.

After Hillary Clinton said during the MSNBC Democratic debate that she reluctantly supports capital punishment, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) drew a contrast. "I just don't want to see government be part of killing, that's all," he said.

The armed wing of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, said it had executed one of its members, with

Iraqi authorities executed in Baghdad a Saudi prisoner, Abdullah Azam Al-Qahtani, 35, on charges

A death row prisoner was sent to the gallows at the New Central Jail Bahawalpur on early morning, Dunya

Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian man convicted of smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said, bringing to 59 the number of convicts put to death this year.

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has stressed the need to form

Following a set of recommendations made by a committee appointed to look into the death sentence issued on several convicts, it has been decided to convert the death sentence imposed on 34 of those convicts into life imprisonment.

According to close sources, 2 Baluchi prisoners were hanged to death at Yazd Central Prison on drug