An Indonesian court has sentenced a British citizen to death for smuggling 6.5kg of crystal

Two death row inmates in Japan were hanged, Kyodo News reported, quoting Justice Minister Makoto Tai. The hangings brought to seven the number of death row inmates executed during the regime of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Another Saudi citizen was sentenced to death in Iraq.

On the sidelines of the ongoing 67th UN General Assembly in New York, Madagascar President

One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Semnan, reported the Iranian media.

The Anbar criminal court sentenced four al-Qaeda members to death by hanging

Cleve Foster, 48, white, was executed in Texas. He had been sentenced to death on Feb

President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has given the strongest hint yet that his government

The Chairperson of South Sudan Human Rights Commission (SSHRC) warned against

In Bangladesh, a Dhaka court sentenced five people including three brothers to death

In Kenya, a jailed bird who has been in and out of prison nine times and his accomplice

A court in the Suez Canal governorate of Ismailia, in Egypt, sentenced 14 militant Islamists to death