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Gunmen kill 3 policemen in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen killed three policemen in a drive-by shooting on the outskirts of Pakistan`s troubled southwestern city of ...

Tens on death row over narcotics in Indonesia

Fifty-eight people convicted and sentenced to death in narcotics cases are awaiting execution in Indonesian prisons. ...

Amnesty critisizes US for unlawful Bin Laden raid

Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the ...

Sri Lankan held for "witchcraft" in Saudi Arabia

A Sri Lankan woman has been arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a Saudi family`s ...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

ban demands unconditional humanitarian aid to Syria

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded unconditional humanitarian access to Syrian cities, saying there were ...

Saudi executes two Egyptians for Filipino murder

Two Egyptians accused of murdering a Filipino were beheaded by the sword in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, said the ...

Saudi woman beheaded for `sorcery`

A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ...

Saudi beheaded for murder of policeman

A man convicted of murdering a policeman during a drug trafficking arrest was beheaded on Friday, the interior ...

Iran hangs two drug traffickers

Iran on Thursday hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the shrine city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran, ...

Saudi executed for burning husband to death

A Saudi woman convicted of burning her husband to death was beheaded on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. ...

NGOs urge govt to save migrant worker in Saudi Arabia

A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) grouped in The Alliance of Civilians Against the Death Penalty, have ...

Some 26 Indonesian workers facing Saudi executions

Some 26 Indonesian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing execution, Vice Chairman of Indonesian Migrant Workers Union ...

Saudi women, Yemenis beheaded for murders

Two Saudi women and two Yemeni men were executed by the sword on Wednesday for separate murders, the interior ministry ...

Govt to monitor developments in Rawagede incident compensation issue

The Indonesian government will monitor developments around a Dutch court ruling on the Rawagede executions by Dutch ...