one prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ilam, western Iran.

The chief of Iran's judiciary warned that major currency speculators could face the

Superior Court Judge Arnold Jones vacated the death sentence of Marvin Williams, 50

Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a

the High Military Court upheld a death sentence by hanging issued on 29 March

In Iran, one man was hanged publicly in the courtyard of the Karaj police department early in the morning.

In India, the Supreme Court held that Section 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 that provides

In Sri Lanka, Colombo High Court sentenced a trishaw driver to death for

Portugal's Supreme Court refused a second appeal by the United States to extradite American

In Botswana, death row inmate Zibani Thamo convicted of murder was hanged in the morning.

two Yemeni oppositionists, Khalid Nahshal and Abdu Nahshal, were executed in a political

Iraq executed 17 convicted criminals in one day this week, the justice ministry said, bringing to at least 51 the number so far this year.