Five people were sentenced to death and three others handed down life term by a

3 Somalis go on trial today for the high-seas murder of 4 American citizens whose yacht

In Nigeria, an Abia State High Court has sentenced a banker, Mr. Theophilus Ajakaiye, to death by

Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the interior ministry said.

The police may take a DNA sample from people arrested for serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled today.

Six al-Qaeda members convicted of carrying out terrorist attacks have been sentenced to death

Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said.

Saudi Arabia beheaded by sword one of its citizens after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said. Shuwail al-Amri was found guilty of killing Mohammed al-Amri, an apparent relative, by deliberately running him over with a car after a dispute, the ministry said in a statement published by SPA state news agency.

A Morrocan man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in

An Egyptian court sentenced five foreigners including a British sailor to death after they were convicted of

In a 28-page ruling, the 1st District Court of Appeal today scrapped the state's latest attempt

Elmer Carroll, 56, White, was executed in Florida for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl.