Iran executes two convicted members of banned opposition group
Abolhassan Montazer and Vahid Baniamerian have been hanged after Iran’s Supreme Court upheld their sentences.
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China carries out further executions of Myanmar scam centre suspects
Executions are part of broader crackdown by Beijing on scam centres across Southeast Asia built on an industrial scale.
China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam operations: State media
Among the executed were members of the “Ming family criminal group”.
Iran’s judiciary to speed up trials of accused in protests crackdown
Prosecutors say they are bringing capital charges of ‘waging war against God’ against ‘rioters and saboteurs’.
South Korea prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-President Yoon
Prosecutors say Yoon, who was impeached over a failed 2024 martial law declaration, threatened ‘constitutional order’.
Houthis detain 10 more United Nations staff in Yemen, bringing total to 69
The Houthis have stepped up arrests of UN staff since Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
Bulgarian court rejects Lebanon’s extradition request over Beirut blast
No senior figure has been held accountable since the devastating explosion more than five years ago.
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Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty
Bangladesh protesters applaud death penalty for former PM. But she is far from the gallows, in India.
![A mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was vandalised as students demanded her resignation at the University of Dhaka on August 3, 2024 [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17T010309Z_541395364_RC2C89AYTHNJ_RTRMADP_3_BANGLADESH-POLITICS-HASINA_cropped-1763391578.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Israel advances bill mandating death penalty for Palestinian ‘terrorists’
The Israeli parliament has advanced an amendment proposing the death penalty for convicted Palestinian ‘terrorists’.
Published On 11 Nov 2025
Israel parliament passes first reading of death penalty for ‘terrorism’ law
Critics say the bill would apply only to Palestinians who kill Jews, not the other way around.
US man executed with nitrogen gas for 1993 murder
Anthony Boyd, 54, earlier lost his appeal to be executed by firing squad by the state of Alabama.
![Reverend Jeff Hood speaks at a protest against the death penalty on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, the US [Kim Chandler/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AP25295849968731-1761277800.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
