Young Taliban fighters patrol the streets of Kabul. The Taliban Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the public execution of a convicted murderer in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia.

“No one deserves the fate of being executed and then set on fire in the middle of the ... Three weeks after family reported ...

The Los Angeles district attorney's move to grant two convicted murderers, the Menendez brothers, a chance to get out of prison despite sentences of life without parole has floored a Florida ...

Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, has been executed in Iran. Oct. 28, 2024 He did not elaborate. Jahangir’s remarks were ...

His victory followed an unprecedented string of federal executions during Donald Trump’s first term. Trump’s ability to pick up where he left off depends on Biden, who has the power before he ...

Alabama executed Derrick Dearman on Thursday, eight years after he massacred five family members of his girlfriend with an ax and a gun in the middle of the night. Dearman, 36, was convicted of ...

An Iranian man has been hanged for a second time by hardline authorities months after his first execution was halted half a minute in, according to a human rights group. Ahmad Alizadeh was ...

MANILA, Philippines — The overseas Filipino worker (OFW) recently executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of murder was involved in a “serious” physical altercation with the victim ...

The normally low-profile race for superintendent of education was thrust into the national spotlight following revelations that Morrow had called for the public execution of Democrats, including ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Sacramento police rookie Tara O’Sullivan’s killer — but at what cost?

The video, likely recorded by Russian personnel, shows the wounded soldier answering questions from his captors before being executed. He identifies himself as coming from the Sumy region and confirms ...

Iran had said it executed Sharmahd on October 28. He was 69. Iran accused Sharmahd, who lived in Glendora, California, of planning a 2008 attack on a mosque that killed 14 people — including fiv ...