President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered the execution of five death-row drug convicts this month, a move

China has promised to stop harvesting organs from executed prisoners by 1 January, state media report.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans court has stayed the execution of Scott Panetti in a

Somali military court executed three men convicted of killing innocent civilians in the country. One among

18 people were executed in three different Iranian prisons, according to unofficial sources. All the prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges and there were two women and one Afghan citizen among them.

A youth has been hanged in Iran after being held in prison since his arrest at the age of 14 for accidentally killing a friend, according to information received from Iran.

A Bill seeking stringent punishment including death penalty for hijackers was approved by the Union

Giza's criminal court sentenced 188 defendants to death for a violent attack on a police station after last

A criminal court convicted a young Asian of killing an elderly Qatari woman in her home some months ago

The Mansa High court has sentenced three people to death by hanging for murder contrary to Section 200

A prisoner was hanged in the morning in the main prison in the Iranian city of Qum. Another prisoner was

Indonesian President Joko Widodo ruled out granting clemency to convicted drug traffickers sentenced to death, a senior minister said.