Venezuela confirmed Friday the death of a 20-year-old man during an opposition protest not far from the capital city Caracas, bringing the death toll to 37 since the protest broke out early April.
NEW DELHI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- India's Supreme Court Friday confirmed the death sentence given to four men convicted of the brutal and fatal gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with supporters backing it in congress but critics denouncing the plans as “inhumane”.
The Philippine House of Representatives approved a proposal on Wednesday (March 1) to reinstate the death penalty, paving the way for capital punishment to be restored more than a decade after it was abolished.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday blasted the United States and South Korea for assertion of Pyongyang standing behind the death of a DPRK national in Malaysia last month, saying it was "groundless blame."
A British man has been shot dead in his Porsche in Thailand.
The son of a Pakistani governor killed for criticising the country's blasphemy laws may face charges under the same laws after posting a video labelled "offensive" by religious groups.
A post-mortem examination is to be held to investigate the unexplained death of a British woman in Australia, police say.
Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups on Monday condemned as "barbaric" President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to restore the death penalty and execute "five or six" criminals daily.
Bangladesh’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence handed down to a top militant and two of his followers for a 2004 attack on the British ambassador that left three people dead.
Throngs are set to pay tribute to Fidel Castro at Havana's iconic Revolution Square on Monday, kicking off a week-long farewell to Cuba's divisive Cold War titan.
Cuba's most prominent dissident group called off its weekly protest march for the first time in 13 years on Sunday following the death of its nemesis Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader whose passing has cast a pall over the island.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika declared on Saturday eight days of national mourning for the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro.
Thailand’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter, data showed Monday, with fears of further pain to come in a nation plunged into mourning following the death of its long-serving King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
China strictly controls the death penalty and employs it with prudence, said a white paper on judical protection of human rights issued on Monday.
A student at Taiwan University stood trial at the Taipei District Court on Tuesday for allegedly abusing and killing a stray cat last year.
Politicians, lawyers and the public in Algeria have showed divergent views on the issue of the restoration of death penalty, exclusively against child kidnappers.
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