The former mayor of China's Shenzhen city was given a suspended death sentence for

According to the reports from Iran nine people, among them one minor, were executed in the city of Ahvaz south of Iran.

“Regarding Osama Bin Laden, we know too little to say if it was an ‘extra-judicial execution’ or an act of ‘legitimate defence’,” Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D’Elia said.

Saudi Arabian national Musfer bin Saad bin Shaer al-Qahtani was beheaded by

a special court set up to prosecute former leader Saddam Hussein and his associates

Cary Kerr, 46, white, was executed, becoming the state's 1st inmate put to death using

Al-Shabab militants in Somalia executed Mohamed Hassan Adam, 41, and Abdulahi

Taiwan moved a step closer toward the reduced use of the death penalty as the Legislative

Gaza's Hamas rulers executed a Palestinian convicted of collaboration with Israel, the interior ministry

two men have been executed in Saudi Arabia for murder, official sources reported.

Iran hanged three convicted drug traffickers, official sources reported.

Several important changes to China's laws came into effect today, addressing such things