the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and

In Maldives, Parliament threw out the bill proposing to enforce the death penalty by hanging

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Iraq sentenced two al-Qaeda members to death

Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the interior

A man who went on a killing spree across three provinces with a friend last year received

Nigeria hanged four prisoners at Benin City Prison in Edo State, in the country's first executions since 2006.

Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious

After a two-week hiatus due to the Presidential election, Iranian authorities have begun to execute again. Four prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in Shahr-e-Kord (western Iran).

the Hamas authorities in Gaza executed two Palestinians convicted of providing information to

The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto, Nigeria, upheld the death sentence earlier delivered by the

A military court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip issued the death sentence to a Palestinian after finding

Ten Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men were sentenced to death for involvement