Lisa Ann Coleman, 38, Black, was executed in Taxas.

Bangladesh's Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top Islamist

A Saudi court sentenced two men to death and 13 others to lengthy jail terms for killing a policeman and

Sudan hanged two people convicted over the killing of Chinese oil workers and damaging an oil pipeline in troubled South Kordofan State six years ago.

A Pakistani court postponed for almost a month the hanging of a murderer in what would have been the

Mohamed Badie, top leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was sentenced to life in jail along

An Afghan appeals court sentenced five men to death for armed robbery and sexual assault for an attack on

A Saudi and an Iraqi convicted of murder and a Saudi convicted of drugs trafficking were beheaded in Riyadh, the interior ministry said.

A 60-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were hanged in the prison of Rasht for drug trafficking, reported the Iranian State Broadcasting IRIB.

Three people have been condemned to death and one given life in prison for a mass stabbing that killed 31

Newly appointed Justice Minister Midori Matsushima backed the death penalty as a deterrent against crime

At least nine prisoners including two women were hanged between 10 and 11 September in two Iranian