the Ministry of Interior in Gaza executed by hanging M.A.Q, 60, and R.A.Q, 29, who were sentenced to death by a civilian court on 29 November 2004 after they had been convicted of collaboration with foreign security bodies and murder.

the military court of Somalia's interim federal government sentenced to death a soldier

Barrister Zafarullah Khan of Watan Party, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan

A Saudi man convicted of the murder of a soldier was beheaded in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia, the

A secret new anti-terror law being drawn up by the Saudi authorities would "strangle

China arrested its most wanted fugitive in the capital Beijing after Canada deported him to end a decades-long saga that had plagued Sino-Canadian relations, but concerns remained among activists about whether he would receive a fair trial.

Mark Stroman, 41, white, was executed in Texas. He was convicted of entering

Aleh Hryshkawtsow, 30, and Andrey Burdyka, 29, were executed by shooting in Belarus, reported the Hrodna newspaper Vecherny Grodno.

Iran hanged three men convicted of rape in the northeastern city of Qoochan

A total of four people charged with drug trafficking have been hanged in Rafsanjan and Jiroft prisons (both located in the Kerman province, southeastern Iran), according to a report by the Iranian state-run media news agency ISNA.

one of Somali soldiers, who has intentionally slain a fighter loyal to Ahlu Sunna Waljama

A local Al-Qaeda leader – named Saddam Hussein – was sentenced to hang by a