Pakistan's Bhutto, hanged 44 years ago, didn't get a fair trial, top court rules
The courts ruling comes in response to a 2011 reference filed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's son-in-law and ex-President Asif Ali Zardari.
Wed Mar 06 2024
Man arrested after wife, daughters found hanged
According to police, the woman and the two children were found hanging from a fan in a house.
Tue Feb 20 2024
Three men get death sentence for drug trafficking
The Shah Alam High Court today ordered three men to be hanged to death after finding them guilty of trafficking a total of 585.1 grammes of drugs into the country four years ago.
Wed Jan 04 2023
Iran carries out second execution linked to anti-government protests
The Islamic Republic hanged Majid Reza in public who had been convicted of killing two members of the security forces.
Mon Dec 12 2022
Malaysian on death row Kalwant Singh hanged this morning
Kalwant has been on death row in Singapore since he was convicted and handed down the mandatory death penalty in 2016, for drug trafficking.
Thu Jul 07 2022
M'sian in death row granted respite by S'pore president
Malaysian Pausi Jefridin, who was scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday (Feb 16) for a drug offence has been granted a respite by the republic's president, Halimah Yacob.
Thu Feb 17 2022
UN experts urge Singapore to halt Malaysian's execution
Nagaenthran is scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday, but the court stayed his execution pending an appeal to be heard on Tuesday.
Tue Nov 09 2021
Head of Belarusian exile group found hanged in Ukraine; police open murder case
Police said they were considering the possibility of suicide or of a murder staged to appear as suicide.
Wed Aug 04 2021
India executes four men convicted in 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
India hanged four men on Friday who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in 2012.
Fri Mar 20 2020
Malaysian man executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
A 29-year-old Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore was hanged to death today at the Changi Prison Complex, according to the Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau.
Fri Jul 14 2017
Indonesian elected rep found hanged
A member of an Indonesian District House of Representatives was found hanged to death in a room of his house in Malang, eastern Java.
Mon Jan 09 2017
Iran executes 20 Sunni 'terrorists' in single day
Iran said Thursday it had hanged 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners, in one of the Islamic republic's biggest mass executions in recent years.
Thu Aug 04 2016
"Vaseline Man" hanged over rape of dozens of women in Shiraz, Iran
Iran hanged a 21-year-old man, known as the "Vaseline Man", after convicting him of the rape of dozens of women in the historic southern city of Shiraz.
Mon Jun 06 2016
Pakistan hangs Islamist who killed blasphemy reform governor
Pakistan Monday hanged former police bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri who killed liberal Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011.
Mon Feb 29 2016
Son found hanged, mother dead on bed in Perai
A man was found hanged while his septuagenarian mother lay dead at the family home in Perai, this morning.
Wed Dec 02 2015