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Saudi Arabia has on Saturday, April 9 executed three soldiers for “high treason”, the country’s defence ministry said. In a statement on Saturday, the kingdom's defence ministry said the three soldiers were sentenced to death by a…

Lisa Montgomery, the only female inmate on federal death row in the United States has been executed for murder. Montgomery was the first woman to be executed by US federal government since 1953, BBC reports. She was also the 11th…

Navid Afkari, Iranian champion wrestler, has been executed after being accused of murder, defying international appeals for him to be spared. Afkari was a national champion in wrestling, a sport that has a long history and is hugely…

Saudi Arabia has put to death row inmates, who had been convicted of murder and drug trafficking, bringing to 73 the number of executions in the oil-kingdom this year. The state-run SPA news agency reported that two Saudi Arabian citizens…