At least 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, up 32 percent from the year before, according to Amnesty ...

Iran was the primary driver behind an 87% increase in executions around the world last year, according to a new report by ...

Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment documented a surge in global executions to their highest level ...

Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of ...

Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Executions rose sharply in North Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Seoul-based NGO. From January 2020 to the end of 2024, at least 153 people were executed or sentenced to death - a ...

The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new ...

Israel's Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. The bill's passage marked the culmination of a years-long push by Israel's ...