Southern US state executes first inmate in two years
The southern US state of Alabama on Thursday put to death a man convicted of murder, the first execution in the state since 2013.
Jan 22, 2016, 10:12 AM ISTISIS militant Ali Saqr al-Qasem publicly executes own mother – Read why?
In a new low, a militant of the dreaded Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) publicaly executed his own mother after accusing her of apostasy.
Jan 08, 2016, 20:23 PM ISTIran summons Saudi envoy over execution of Shi'ite cleric
Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Saudi Arabian charge d'affaires to Tehran on Saturday to protest the execution of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia.
Jan 03, 2016, 04:15 AM ISTSomalia Islamist militants publicly execute two
Islamist militant group al Shabaab publicly executed a Somali military officer and the leader of a small town in the southern Somali region.
Dec 25, 2015, 15:07 PM ISTIslamic State executes 3,500 in Syria since declaring 'caliphate': Monitor
In the last month alone IS executed 53 people -- including 35 civilians -- in areas it controls in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Nov 29, 2015, 20:01 PM ISTDisabled man to be hanged as Pakistan's 300th execution
Abdul Basit, 43, who is paralysed from the waist down, was convicted in May 2009 of murder and is scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday.
Nov 24, 2015, 21:00 PM ISTFlorida executes man convicted of fatally stabbing 4
A Florida man has been executed nearly three decades after he was convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-wife, young daughter and two in-laws.
Oct 30, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTIS blows up columns in Syria's Palmyra to execute 3: Monitor
The Islamic State jihadist group executed three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group has said.
Oct 27, 2015, 03:00 AM ISTPakistan execute 'minor' for murder
Pakistan on Tuesday executed a man who was reportedly a minor when he was arrested for murder, the latest case that has put the country's justice system in spotlight and drew criticism from rights groups.
Sep 29, 2015, 15:00 PM ISTPakistan hangs man who had said he was 15 at time of crime he didn't commit
Pakistan on Tuesday hanged a man who said he was 15 when he was arrested for a murder he did not commit in the latest case to shine a spotlight on Pakistan`s haphazard justice system.
Sep 29, 2015, 11:09 AM IST