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Saudi Arabia says it executed 81 convicts in a single day

Saudi Arabia has executed 81 people convicted of a variety of crimes, including killings and belonging to militant groups, in the largest mass execution...

Japan executes first foreigner in 10 years

Japan has executed its first foreigner in 10 years, a Chinese man convicted over the 2003 murder and robbery of a family of four. Wei...

India rejects final death sentence appeal over 2012 gang rape

India’s supreme court has rejected the final appeal of one of four men sentenced to death over the 2012 fatal gang rape of a...

Pakistan court sentences former ruler to death in treason case

A court in Pakistan has sentenced the country’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, to death. The sentence comes after a treason case related to...

South Dakota executes man after US Supreme Court rejects appeal

A man who fatally stabbed a former co-worker who interrupted him during a 1992 burglary has been executed in South Dakota. Charles Russell Rhines died...

California governor Newsom to halt death row executions

The 737 inmates on the largest death row in the United States are getting a reprieve from the California governor, who plans to sign...

Two Al-Jazeera journalists given death penalty by Egyptian court

Six people, including two Al-Jazeera journalists, have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian court for allegedly passing documents relating to national security to...

Death sentence for man who killed nine in China nursing home

A man who killed nine people and injured nine others in a Chinese nursing home has been sentenced to death, the official Xinhua News...

Texas ‘refused to listen to God’s children’, says inmate before execution

Texas man Licho Escamilla has become the 12th person executed by the State of Texas this year. Escamilla was put to death for the November...

Georgia’s only woman on death row is executed

After several denied appeals the US state of Georgia has executed its only female death row inmate despite appeals by her children and Pope...

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