a federal judge has extended a temporary moratorium on executions in Ohio until 15 January 2015 to allow more time for the state to implement a new lethal-injection procedure.
Kenya has agreed to Somalia's request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab
Egypt’s Mufti Shaki Allam has urged a reconsideration of the death sentence verdict passed on Muslim
Two men were publicly hanged in the city of Kermanshah (Western Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
China executed two South Korean men in Jilin Province for drug trafficking and trading convictions, the first
A Giza court upheld the death sentences on 12 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi,
Six prisoners were hanged in the cities of Shiraz and Karaj, Iran.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
