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.
NGO says 11 men and one woman were hanged in the main prison of Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
Jewish groups have failed to stop Arizona from offering a gas chamber as an execution method.
Captured Russian soldier: '...They could have been rescued, provided help, taken out of there. He just shot them dead.'
This brings to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom since the start of the year.
The decision comes a day after Saudi Arabia executed 81 suspected terrorists.
Saudi Arabia executes a record 81 people in one day for terrorism-related offences.
European intelligence official reveals Russian plans to demoralize Ukrainian population with severe measures, including public executions.
Dallas court rules Texas Jewish death row inmate Randy Halprin should be granted new trial due to claims of anti-Semitic judge.
Iran says Sweden's call to stop execution of academic accused of spying is "unacceptable".
Sweden's foreign minister speaks to Iranian counterpart about planned execution of Iranian-Swedish professor sentenced to death for spying.
United States imposes sanctions on Iranian judge who sentenced a wrestler to death over his role in protests.
'Entire world should be shocked at execution' of Iranian wrestler Navad Afkari, Israeli judo chair says.
Alleged Mossad, CIA spy executed in Iran, after being convicted of aiding in targeted assassination of top Iranian general.
Number of executions drops globally, but certain countries still see a rise.
Former Iranian Department of Defense contractor executed for spying for the US government.
Court in Gaza City sentences six to death, weeks after Israeli undercover team found in southern Gaza Strip.
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.'
Gazan family says it killed a relative after being told by Hamas he had helped Israel track down and kill three senior Hamas members.
Egyptian authorities execute 15 prisoners convicted of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula.
Saudi Arabia executes four people convicted of terrorism in Qatif in the eastern part of the kingdom.
Hamas defies international pleas for mercy, executes suspects in assassination of top military leader in Gaza.
Hamas announces the execution of three men found guilty of assassinating Mazen Faqha will take place on Thursday.
Human Rights Watch on urges Hamas to stop barbaric practice of executing alleged collaborators.
Islamic terror group butchers 33 people with 'sharp tools' in mass execution in Syria.
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 for sentencing two men found guilty of drug trafficking to death.
Jordan executes 15 people, including 10 terrorists, in the largest mass execution in recent history.
Military court in Gaza sentences three to death by hanging for "collaborating" with Israel.
PLO's Hanan Ashrawi denounces Hamas’s decision to sentence a 26-year-old Gazan woman to death for killing her husband.
Gazan woman convicted of murdering her husband. If executed, she will be the first woman executed in Gaza.
Iran executes nuclear scientist convicted of handing over "confidential and vital" information to the United States.
Military court in Gaza sentences three local residents to death after they were convicted of spying for Israel.
Jihadist group publishes video showing the execution-style killing of five journalists kidnapped in eastern Syria.
Hamas authorities in Gaza execute three men behind closed doors, security sources say.
Amnesty International warns more than 100 people might be executed by Saudi Arabia in the first six months of 2016.
Hamas claims that the death penalty in Gaza can be carried out without the consent of PA chairman.
UN envoy takes Hamas to task over executions, while chiding Israel over terrorist deaths.
UN's Middle East envoy warns that Hamas's planned public executions are illegal.
Hamas announces plans to carry out a series of public executions in Gaza.
Seven ISIS members, including a senior leader and executioner responsible for several murders in Syria, arrested in raid.