two prisoners were hanged in Vakil Abad prison of Mashhad, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

Ati Bt Abeh Inan, an Indonesian housemaid on death row for sorcery, was released and sent back to

Congestion in Zimbabwe's prisons is set to ease a bit after President Robert Mugabe acceded to pleas by

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has said that 1993

Two men were hanged in public in the city of Karaj at 7 AM this morning, reported the Iranian state media.

In Nigeria, an Osogbo (Osun State) High Court sentenced two young men to death by hanging for raping a

Two men were hanged in Iran's southern city of Shiraz this morning, Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.

A court in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis sentenced a man convicted of murder to death, a Ma'an

Juan Carlos Chavez was executed in Florida. Chavez, 46, from Cuba, had been sentenced to death in

A Malaysian High Court sentenced a former lorry driver to the gallows after he was found guilty of

A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to death in Iran for accidentally killing a friend during a brawl - and

In Pakistan, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed the appeal of a former police constable against his