A primary court in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan sentenced an Afghan man death for beheading a young 17 years old girl in this province.

In South Korea, the government is considering resuming executions of inmates on death

Saudi Arabia executed a citizen of Pakistan in the city of Medina for drug trafficking.

A Saudi man was executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of murdering

Two prisoners were executed by hanging on August 28 at a prison in the capital of the newly

Iraq executed 26 people convicted of terror-related charges between 27 and 29 August 2012, including a Syrian and Saudi national, a justice ministry spokesman said.

Gambia executed by firing squad nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh

International Organizations have called on Gambia to stop executing death row inmates.

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton voiced concern at the execution in Texas of a disabled

A man who tortured, raped and strangled two co-workers in 1987 was put to death

The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called on several Caribbean

Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling.