four men were executed for drug-related charges in the main prison of Rasht, reported the official website of

"Hands Off Cain denies being the source of the news that the national football team of North Korea would be sent to jail and threatened with execution for a loss with the team in South Korea. The source of the news is the site nationalreport.com, that for its October 6 article made reference to an article published by the Rodong Sinmun, a newspaper controlled by the North Korean regime.

A Pakistani court upheld the death penalty for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy in 2010.

Botswana’s defence minister, Ramadeluka Seretse, has insisted that his government will not give South

In a 2012 case of honour killing, a court in Punjab awarded death sentence to the victim woman's father,

A Saudi judge sentenced to death an outspoken Shi'ite Muslim cleric whose arrest two years ago prompted

The highest Court of Appeal in Egypt has upheld the death penalty imposed on three Seychellois nationals

The Presidential Palace officials have said the government will review the cases of 400 convicts sentenced

An Egyptian court has recommended death sentences for seven men, including a prominent Islamist militant,

A Saudi court sentenced a Chadian and an Egyptian to death while several other people were jailed up to

The High Court sentenced a Maulid Mohamed Sudi, police officer to death for the killing of his fellow police

Puntland Military court sentenced to death a man who was found guilty for plotting a landmine.