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    Execution News

    Iran executes man accused of aiding US, Israel in anti-govt protests

    Iran executes man accused of aiding US, Israel in anti-govt protests
    World News
    Published 2 days ago

    Is hanging cruel? The law, the methods, and the debate over executions in India

    Article 21 of the Constitution lays down that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 6 days ago

    Hanging stays as mode of execution, SC leaves door open for future review

    The court further observed that nothing in its judgment prevented the Union government from reviewing the existing method.
    India News
    Updated 6 days ago

    Build it right: Why India's AI advantage starts with infrastructure

    As India transitions to the execution phase of AI, 96% of government leaders are pursuing Sovereign AI.
    Genesis
    Published 28 days ago

    Iran ramps up executions under shadow of war

    Iranians cross over to Iraq through the Shalamcheh border on July 23.
    World News
    Published 32 days ago

    Dennis Sochor refused his last meal, delivered final message before execution

    Dennis Sochor, 74, was executed for the 1982 murder of 18-year-old Patricia Gifford.
    World News
    Published 41 days ago

    Oklahoma man to be executed for killing ex-girlfriend, her 7-month-old daughter

    This image provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Raymond Johnson.
    World News
    Updated 103 days ago

    When is Tanner Horner's execution? FedEx driver's last recourse revealed

    Tanner Horner listens to testimony at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
    World News
    Updated 111 days ago

    Did Trump stop execution of 8 Iranian women? Iran’s embassy calls him ‘delulu’

    President Donald Trump speaks during an event for NCAA national champions in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 21, in Washington.
    World News
    Published 123 days ago

    Trump 'appreciates' Iran, says 8 women no longer facing execution

    Trump said that plans to execute eight women protestors in Iran were terminated upon his request.
    World News
    Published 124 days ago

    Who are the 8 women Trump says Iran may execute? Charges and other details

    The cases are being viewed in the context of a crackdown following anti-government protests in Iran earlier this year.
    World News
    Published 125 days ago

    Alabama Governor commutes death sentence of Charles Burton, who is he?

    Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted Charles Burton's death sentence to life imprisonment due to public opposition
    World News
    Published 167 days ago

    Who is Erfan Soltani, anti-Khamenei protester facing execution in Iran?

    The protests have led to over 10,000 arrests and 500 deaths, with human rights groups expressing concerns that these planned executions are meant to suppress dissent.
    World News
    Published 224 days ago

    Who was Mark Geralds? Florida man executed for 1989 Tressa Pettibone murder

    Geralds was 22 when he murdered Pettibone on February 1, 1989.
    World News
    Published 258 days ago

    Shot by kin, 80,000 watched: Inside man's chilling public execution by Taliban

    An ambulance heads toward a stadium to collect the body after a public execution carried out by Taliban authorities of a man sentenced by the Supreme Court for killing 13 members of a family, including children, earlier this year, in the eastern city of Khost,
    World News
    Updated 265 days ago

    SC asks Centre if death row convicts can pick execution method

    The Union government had in an earlier affidavit maintained that hanging remained the “safest and quickest” method of execution.
    India News
    Updated 313 days ago

    Iran executed at least 1,000 this year in prison ‘mass killing’: Human rights gr

    Iran's nuclear programme is likely to dominate the agenda after the UN Security Council voted to reimpose sanctions.
    World News
    Published 335 days ago

    Who was Curtis Windom? Man convicted of triple murder executed in Florida

    Curtis Windom, convicted of murdering three people, was put to death by lethal injection in Florida on August 28, 2025.
    World News
    Published 360 days ago

    On this day 100 years ago, the first electric chair execution took place

    On August 6, 1890, William Kemmler was executed after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend with an axe.
    Trending
    Updated 384 days ago

    Iran executes 2 opposition members over alleged attacks on civilian sites

    Iranian courts charged the two men with several offenses, including waging war against the state.
    World News
    Updated 393 days ago

    ‘In touch with friendly governments’: MEA on Nimisha Priya case

    Randhir Jaiswal’s remarks come days after the Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that efforts to secure a pardon for Nimisha Priya should be undertaken solely by her family
    India News
    Updated 398 days ago

    Yemen family breaks silence as Nimisha Priya's execution postponed | Key updates

    Nimisha Priya is jailed in a region of Yemen and her execution was postponed just one day before schedule.
    India News
    Updated 404 days ago

    Won’t pardon Nimisha Priya, says brother of victim at centre of execution case

    Indian-origin nurse Nimisha Priya was earlier supposed to be executed in Yemen on July 16.
    India News
    Published 404 days ago

    Nimisha Priya case: Victim's family demands ‘God's Law in Qisas’. What it means

    Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya is lodged in the central jail of Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
    India News
    Updated 404 days ago

    ‘Islam has a law’: India's Grand Mufti who helped defer Nimisha Priya execution

    Grand Mufti Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Kanthapuram that while he does not know the victim’s family, he contacted the scholars in Yemen and urged them to intervene.
    India News
    Updated 405 days ago

    'Grand Mufti of India' intervenes to halt execution of Indian nurse in Yemen

    Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerela, is jailed in Yemen and set for execution on July 16.
    India News
    Updated 406 days ago

    Man publicly executed in Iran over rape, murder of young girl

    Capital punishment remains central to Iran’s sharia-based legal system, established after the 1979 revolution.
    World News
    Published 409 days ago

    Indian nurse's family offers $1 million 'blood money' to Yemen man's kin

    Nimisha Priya, 37, from Kerela is jailed in a region of Yemen and set for execution on July 16.
    India News
    Updated 409 days ago

    Longest serving man on Mississippi death row executed for 1976 killing

    Jordan was one of several on the state’s death row who sued the state over its three-drug execution protocol, claiming it is inhumane.
    World News
    Published 425 days ago

    Iran executes three accused of spying for Israeli spy agency Mossad

    This is the latest in a series of executions carried out in recent months by Iran.
    World News
    Published 426 days ago
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