A Pune special court sentenced three accused to death sentence in kidnapping, gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayna Pujari.
Two prisoners were reportedly hanged on murder charges in the morning at Mashhad Central Prison.
Four hardcore terrorists were executed for being involved in subversive activities in Pakistan, a statement released by Inter-Services Public Relations ISPR.
More than two dozen Egyptians sentenced to death have been ordered by the court of cassation to be retried.
A 46-year-old Singaporean contractor was sentenced to death by the High Court in Johor Baru after he was found guilty of two counts of drug distribution.
Four men convicted of a gang rape that shocked India and attracted worldwide attention will be executed.
The Washington Post reported the highlights of a study by the Sentencing Project: “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences”.
An Egyptian court sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide Mohamed Badie to life in prison for "planning violent attacks" in a retrial, judicial officials and a lawyer said.
A Cairo criminal court has exonerated a man who had been previously sentenced to death on charges of involvement in deadly clashes in Giza's Omraniya district following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
Salar Shadizadi, who was sentenced to death for a crime he committed when a child, was released after 10 years from Rasht prison in northern Iran.
Belarus is believed to have carried out its first execution of the year.
Another three "hardcore terrorists" sentenced by military courts were executed in Kohat jail, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
