US President Donald Trump on Sunday sharply escalated pressure on Iran, warning Tehran that time was running out and hinting ...

China is the country with the highest number of capital punishments, according to Amnesty International, although the actual ...

The number of worldwide executions jumped to their highest level since 1981 in 2025, pushed in part by a "staggering" ...

America is returning to firing squad executions after failing to find a more humane way to carry out the death penalty.

Executions across the world surged to a 40-year high last year as China and Iran executed thousands of people, according to ...

International solidarity helped secure the release of detained flotilla activists, but thousands of Palestinians remain ...

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, the UN says it’s verified the execution of at least 32 political ...

The march calling for regime change in Tehran came as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the US of the economic ...