Executions

• U.S. federal government to carry out executions for 1st time in 16 years

  The Justice Department says five inmates will be executed, starting in December.

  Politics

  Jul 25, 2019
• Mississippi eyes electrocution, firing squad as possible death penalty methods

  The Senate agreed on Tuesday to changes to HB 638, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval or veto after the House agreed Monday.

  World

  Mar 29, 2017
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• Saudi Arabia announces it is severing ties with Iran

  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says his country is severing diplomatic ties with Iran amid spiking tensions over the execution of a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric.

  World

  Jan 3, 2016
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• Iran warns Saudi Arabia of ‘divine revenge’ over execution of prominent Shiite cleric

  Iran's top leader on Sunday warned Saudi Arabia of "divine revenge" over the execution of an opposition Shiite cleric while Riyadh accused Tehran of supporting terrorism, escalating a war of words hours after protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran.

  World

  Jan 3, 2016
• Protesters enter, damage Saudi embassy in Iran to protest execution

  Protesters in Iran, angered by the execution by Saudi Arabia of a prominent Shiite cleric, broke into the Saudi embassy in Tehran early Sunday, setting fires and throwing papers from the roof, Iranian media reported.

  World

  Jan 2, 2016
• Saudi beheadings soar in 2015 to highest in 2 decades

  Saudi Arabia carried out at least 157 executions in 2015, with beheadings reaching their highest level in the kingdom in two decades.

  World

  Jan 1, 2016
• Bangladesh executes 2 opposition leaders for war crimes

  Bangladesh executed two opposition leaders Sunday for war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war, despite concerns that the legal proceedings against them were flawed.

  World

  Nov 22, 2015
• Calls for Saudi Arabia to halt beheading of young activist Ali Mohammed al-Nimr

  A group of UN human rights experts has joined international calls for the Saudi government to stop the planned beheading of a 21-year-old man, arrested in 2012 as a teenage protester.

  World

  Sep 23, 2015
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• UN human rights office calls Indonesia executions ‘incomprehensible’

  The U.N. human rights office has criticized Indonesia's decision to execute eight people convicted of drug smuggling.

  World

  Apr 29, 2015