Last Updated: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 22:29
Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Thursday warned of "dire consequences" if Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 19, 2011, 00:05
Iran on Saturday hanged a convicted rapist in the southern city of Shahrekord, the state television website reported.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 22:26
Number of executions in Iraq climbed to 130 since the beginning of the year.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 1, 2011, 16:29
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of armed robbery and fighting police in Markazi.
Last Updated: Monday, April 18, 2011, 11:32
International rights groups criticise Iran for its growing pace of hangings.
Last Updated: Friday, March 4, 2011, 15:48
Genesis band member Phil Collins has revealed that he is set to end his rock career as he is facing health problems that prevent him from playing the drums.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 16:27
Iran has hanged 10 drug traffickers, including seven who were executed in the southern province of Kerman, media reports said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 16:17
Hangman Mammu Singh says that it is his wish to execute Pakistani gunman Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who has been sentenced to death in the 26/11 case.
Last Updated: Friday, January 28, 2011, 08:43
Latest hangings bring the total number of executions so far this year to 65.
Last Updated: Monday, January 24, 2011, 22:44
Iran hanged a serial killer of women, three rapists and two political activists.
Last Updated: Monday, December 6, 2010, 15:34
The average Briton is unable to get the hang of driving till they turn 59, a study found.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 16:12
Iran is among the countries that execute the most people each year.
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