the Maldives accused critics in the UN Human Rights Council of making statements “rooted on

If you live in Livingston, a town of little more than 5,000 an hour north of Houston, you’re either employed

Five men, whose names were not disclosed, were hanged in public in Iran's southern province of Fars, the Mehr news agency reported.

Human rights lawyers are pressing South Africa to explain why a murder suspect from Botswana was

Four prisoners were hanged for drug trafficking in Iran in two days.

A Syrian convicted of drug trafficking was beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.

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