In Nigeria, a 17-year-old, Solomon Ezukwa, was sentenced to death by hanging by a Calabar

According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in the Baluchestan Province (southeastern Iran), two prisoners identified as Mohammad Mohammad-Hassani Lotak and Saeed Baluch Shahbakhsh were hanged in Zahedan prison (in the capital of the Baluchestan province) this morning.

The Malaysian High Court sentenced a Zambian female student to death for

A government action plan was released in China to improve the trial procedures and reviews of death

Indonesia’s top narcotics official said that the use of the death penalty for drug offenses does

Saddam Hussein's trusted personal secretary, once No. 4 on the U.S. most-wanted

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug trafficking, the second execution in

Five prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered police and government officials to fly to a mountain

Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has refused to sign a bill passed by parliament

Reams of private Vatican correspondence published in a new Italian best-seller reportedly include

Henry Jackson, 47, black, has been executed in Mississippi for the murders of 4 nieces and nephews after Gov. Phil Bryant denied a family request to spare his life.