Saudi Arabia executed 356 people in 2025, new data reveals, one of its highest figures on record. Death sentences were carried out on at least four women, two people for crimes they committed as ...

Amnesty International has reported a major increase in executions globally, with last year having the highest number recorded ...

The Federal Government on Friday said that drugs was hidden in the body of Kudirat Afolabi, who was executed in Saudi Arabia on April 1. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign ...

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 ...

Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment documented a surge in global executions to their highest level since 1981 during 2025. The human rights organization attributed the ...

CNN — A Filipina domestic worker has been executed in Saudi Arabia, according to the country's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The 39-year-old woman had been found guilty of murder and sentenced ...

Shi'ite Iran has warned that executing Nimr "would cost Saudi Arabia dearly". Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, including the prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimrits, ...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia today beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker, adding to what a United Nations rapporteur called a "very disturbing" surge in the kingdom's use of the death penalty. Ihsan ...

RIYADH — Saudi authorities executed four citizens on Sunday convicted of killing six members of their tribe, the Interior Ministry said. The killings took place due to a land dispute among members of ...