The man who raped 16-year-old Pixie Lakhan six times over four hours before strangling her with

two prisoners were hanged on charge of murder in Bandar Abbas prison, reported Human

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kisumu, Kenya, has upheld a death sentence handed to a robbery convict.

South Korea’s Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper reported that co-ordinated public executions took place in North Korea, in seven separate cities, earlier this month.

In Zambia, High Court judge Chalwe Mchenga sentenced four men to death, in two different cases.

At least seven prisoners were sent to the gallows in Iraq, bringing the number of known executions

the family of an old Saudi woman who was shot dead by a young relative after he mistook her

Ireland stopped funding an anti-drug programme in Iran because of concerns that drug traffickers

Secretary of Public Safety Frank Perry has approved a single-drug protocol for carrying

Four security personnel were sentenced to death after being found guilty by the High Court in Malaysia

Vietnam is mulling the resumption of execution by firing squad because of problems getting

Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Jiroft (Kerman province, southeastern Iran), reported