Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 12:08
The death penalty in Saudi Arabia applies to a wide range of offences including rape, apostasy, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and murder.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 11:52
A Chinese immigrant was charged for beheading and cannibalising a Canadian bus passenger in front of horrified travellers four years ago.
Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 16:31
After being subjected to continuous physical assault, a woman allegedly hacked her 35-year-old husband to death in Shahjahanpur district.
Last Updated: Monday, April 9, 2012, 23:01
Two brothers sentenced to death for murdering a fellow Saudi were decapitated by the sword in the city of Jeddah.
Last Updated: Monday, December 12, 2011, 20:59
The beheading took to 73 the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year.
Last Updated: Monday, October 10, 2011, 21:44
Monday`s execution brings the total number of beheadings this year to at least 58.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 8, 2011, 10:05
Saudi Arabia has "resumed executions at an alarming pace" since the end of August.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 22:26
A Syrian was beheaded by the sword for smuggling 230000 pills of a forbidden drug into the kingdom.
Last Updated: Monday, July 18, 2011, 21:26
The beheaded bodies were sent back to their families in Mughul Abad village in Farah province.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 15:49
The deminers were working for the Demining Agency for Afghanistan.
Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 21:14
A 50-year-old American woman was on Thursday found murdered with her throat slit near a resort in Osian village in the district and police have detained her son for questioning.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 14:41
Four members of a community defense force protecting villagers in western Afghan were beheaded by militants.
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