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After a temporary halt between 2021 and 2022, executions surged once again. In 2024 alone, 122 people were put to death for ...

A new report by Amnesty International has revealed that Saudi Arabia has executed over hundred Pakistani nationals for ...

Amnesty International condemned on Monday a surge in executions in Saudi Arabia in recent years, highlighting particular concern for capital punishment used in cases of drug-related offenses and the ...

Amnesty International has condemned the continued application of the death penalty by Saudi Arabia, with many foreign nationals, including Nigerians, convicted in drug-related offences executed.

Saudi Arabia witnessed a record surge in executions last year, with Amnesty International raising alarms over the high number ...

Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death ...

Iranian authorities have arrested more than 700 people and executed six others in a nationwide espionage crackdown during the ...

DUBAI - Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed half a dozen in a sweeping security crackdown that ...

Will Al Hilal's thrilling victory over Manchester City at the Club World Cup prove to be a watershed moment for the sport?

Israel’s strike on Evin — targeting, it said, “repressive authorities” — spread panic among families of the political ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin ...