Kengtung District Court in eastern Shan State on September 17, 2018 ruled that two men to be hanged till death for rape and murder of a 19-year-old tenth grader, according to Shan State Police Force.

An Iraqi court on September 19, 2018 sentenced a prominent jihadist described as a deputy of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death on terrorism charges.

According to Javanonline website, the Criminal Court of Tehran has issued a verdict for Mehrdad for the third time and this time he is sentenced to death, Iranian Global Network reported on September 18, 2018.

The Supreme Court (SC) stayed on September 19, 2018 the execution of three convicts involved in militancy, suspending the death sentence awarded by a military court.

Three leading clerics in Saudi Arabia may be executed on charges of promoting an extremist agenda, rights activists claim, La Croix International reported on September 18, 2018.

Three people were sentenced to death on September 12, 2018 for killing a housewife at Bhanuka village in Shariatpur Sadar upazila in 2014, reports UNB.

A court in Jauharabad awarded death sentence to three accused on September 4, 2018 for their involvement in a double murder case.

Saudi Arabia’s specialised criminal court sentenced a man to death on September 16, 2018 for shooting and killing a police officer.

An Iraqi criminal court sentenced a man to death six times on September 16, 2018 over his involvement in mass killings and kidnappings in the capital Baghdad.

Dhi Qar Criminal Court has sentenced two militants to death over killing and kidnapping charges, a security source was quoted saying on September 16, 2018.

Abdel Rahman al-Gabarty was hanged on June 24 2018 after a death sentence in Case 119/2016, charged with the March 2015 killing of a high-ranking police official in the Suez area of east Cairo.

Two students of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) have been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering the Head Pastor of the End Time Believers Bible Fellowship in Tamale last year, kyfilla.com reported on September 15, 2018.