Iran executes 12 inmates at prison in its southeast
NGO says 11 men and one woman were hanged in the main prison of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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Arizona: Son of Holocaust survivor offered death by gas chamber
Jewish groups have failed to stop Arizona from offering a gas chamber as an execution method.
Russian POWs: Our commanders kill own wounded soldiers
Captured Russian soldier: '...They could have been rescued, provided help, taken out of there. He just shot them dead.'
Saudi Arabia executes four more people
This brings to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom since the start of the year.
Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia
The decision comes a day after Saudi Arabia executed 81 suspected terrorists.
Saudi Arabia executes 81 suspected terrorists
Saudi Arabia executes a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences.
European official: Russia plans public executions in Ukraine
European intelligence official reveals Russian plans to demoralize Ukrainian population with severe measures, including public executions.
Jewish death row inmate granted new trial after claims of anti-Semitism
Dallas court rules Texas Jewish death row inmate Randy Halprin should be granted new trial due to claims of anti-Semitic judge.
Iran rejects Swedish 'interference' in execution of accused spy
Iran says Sweden's call to stop execution of academic accused of spying is "unacceptable".
Sweden asks Iran to cancel execution of accused spy
Sweden's foreign minister speaks to Iranian counterpart about planned execution of Iranian-Swedish professor sentenced to death for spying.
US sanctions Iranian judge who sentenced wrestler to death
United States imposes sanctions on Iranian judge who sentenced a wrestler to death over his role in protests.
Iran executes champion wrestler convicted of murdering security guard
'Entire world should be shocked at execution' of Iranian wrestler Navad Afkari, Israeli judo chair says.
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel and the CIA
Alleged Mossad, CIA spy executed in Iran, after being convicted of aiding in targeted assassination of top Iranian general.
Number of executions globally dropped significantly in 2019
Number of executions drops globally, but certain countries still see a rise.
Iran executes alleged US spy
Former Iranian Department of Defense contractor executed for spying for the US government.
Gaza sentences 6 people to hang for 'collaborating' with Israel
Court in Gaza City sentences six to death, weeks after Israeli undercover team found in southern Gaza Strip.
'This is not a 'terror attack' - it's an execution'
Media personality: 'We did not come to Israel so that Jews would be tied and shot like dogs. That's why we left the Diaspora.'
Gaza family executes own member for collaborating with Israel
Gazan family says it killed a relative after being told by Hamas he had helped Israel track down and kill three senior Hamas members.
Egypt hangs 15 convicted terrorists
Egyptian authorities execute 15 prisoners convicted of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia executes four terrorists
Saudi Arabia executes four people convicted of terrorism in Qatif in the eastern part of the kingdom.
Hamas executes 3 men for assassination of terrorist leader
Hamas defies international pleas for mercy, executes suspects in assassination of top military leader in Gaza.
Hamas to execute top terrorist's 'assassins' on Thursday
Hamas announces the execution of three men found guilty of assassinating Mazen Faqha will take place on Thursday.
Human Rights Watch blasts Hamas executions
Human Rights Watch on urges Hamas to stop barbaric practice of executing alleged collaborators.
ISIS conducts mass execution in Syria
Islamic terror group butchers 33 people with 'sharp tools' in mass execution in Syria.
Hamas hangs three Gaza 'collaborators' with Israel
Gaza's Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel in the elimination of senior Hamas official Mazen Faqha.
EU condemns Hamas's death penalties
EU condemns Hamas for sentencing two men found guilty of drug trafficking to death.
Jordan executes 10 convicted on terror charges
Jordan executes 15 people, including 10 terrorists, in the largest mass execution in recent history.
Hamas sentences 3 to death for 'collaboration' with Israel
Military court in Gaza sentences three to death by hanging for "collaborating" with Israel.
PLO blasts Hamas decision to execute a Gazan woman
PLO's Hanan Ashrawi denounces Hamas’s decision to sentence a 26-year-old Gazan woman to death for killing her husband.
Gazan woman sentenced to death for murdering her husband
Gazan woman convicted of murdering her husband. If executed, she will be the first woman executed in Gaza.
Iran executes nuclear scientist for 'spying'
Iran executes nuclear scientist convicted of handing over "confidential and vital" information to the United States.
Hamas sentences three 'spies for Israel' to death
Military court in Gaza sentences three local residents to death after they were convicted of spying for Israel.
ISIS claims killing of five Syrian journalists
Jihadist group publishes video showing the execution-style killing of five journalists kidnapped in eastern Syria.
Hamas executes three men for murder
Hamas authorities in Gaza execute three men behind closed doors, security sources say.
Amnesty warns about executions in Saudi Arabia
Amnesty International warns more than 100 people might be executed by Saudi Arabia in the first six months of 2016.
Hamas: We can execute without Abbas's consent
Hamas claims that the death penalty in Gaza can be carried out without the consent of PA chairman.
UN report blasts Hamas over executions
UN envoy takes Hamas to task over executions, while chiding Israel over terrorist deaths.
UN envoy alarmed over Hamas's public executions
UN's Middle East envoy warns that Hamas's planned public executions are illegal.
Hamas planning public executions of criminals
Hamas announces plans to carry out a series of public executions in Gaza.
Turkey nabs ISIS executioner
Seven ISIS members, including a senior leader and executioner responsible for several murders in Syria, arrested in raid.
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