Sri Lanka says it has hired two new executioners to replace the previous hangman, who quit shortly after seeing the gallows for the first time.

Saudi Arabia executed one of its citizens in the southern city of Abha after he was convicted of killing a

The mullahs' regime hanged three prisoners in public in Kazeroun, southern Iran.

Notorious drug dealer Wele Suda was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court for having drugs in

five murder convicts were sent to the gallows in different jails of Punjab.

Banha Criminal Court motioned a death sentence for two men for killing First Lieutenant Mohamed Yasser

Iranian authorities have executed the juvenile offender Fatemeh Salbehi, according to Iran Human Rights' sources.

The Court of Cassation overturned the convictions of five men who were sentenced to death for storming a

At least eight death row convicts were sent to the gallows early in the morning in different jails of Punjab, Dunya News reported.

Gov. Tom Wolf halted the scheduled execution of Michael Eric Ballard under a moratorium the governor has declared on capital punishment in the state.

A death row convict was hanged in Bahawalpur Central Jail early in the morning. Culprit Muhammad

Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged four prisoners in the last two days.