Global use of death penalty including beheadings and public hangings doubles in a year with US, Saudi Arabia and China contributing to ‘alarming spike’ in executions, Amnesty reveals
Global executions more than doubled in 2025, reaching their highest recorded level in over 40 years as countries including the US, Saudi Arabia and China fuelled what Amnesty International described…
The ‘Welshman’ on death row: Man who raped and murdered nurse has spent 30 years waiting to be executed in Florida
A man of Welsh descent nicknamed the ‘Florida Strangler’ who raped and murdered a nurse in 1992 has spent three decades on death row awaiting his fate. Roderick Orme, 64,…
Death of John Alford ‘not suspicious’ as London’s Burning star’s body found in jail weeks after being imprisoned for sexually abusing two young girls
The death of London‘s Burning star John Alford is not being treated as suspicious after the actor was found dead in his prison cell. Alford, whose real name was John…
We say we oppose the death penalty, but we have it in our prisons: After Ian Huntley’s murder behind bars, wouldn’t it have been better to execute killers like him under the law? PETER HITCHENS
By PETER HITCHENS, COLUMNIST AND COMMENTATOR Published: 08:16 EDT, 15 March 2026 | Updated: 15:26 EDT, 15 March 2026 As it happens, we have the death penalty in our prisons.…
ICE announces death of another Mexican detainee in US immigration custody
Mexico says it will protest the death of another Mexican citizen, one of about 14 detainees to die in custody this year. Another detainee has died at an immigration facility…
Death toll surpasses 1,000 in Lebanon as Israeli bombardment continues
More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment…
Poet, 71, who ‘worshipped the sun’ fell to his death from cliff after being diagnosed with skin condition that meant he could no longer sunbathe, inquest hears
A poet who ‘worshipped the sun’ fell to his death after being diagnosed with a skin condition that meant he could no longer sunbathe, an inquest has been told. Scott…
Man’s death on roller coaster at Universal Studios in Orlando ruled accidental
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Concerns over death sentence for former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
NewsFeed A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, over a violent crackdown on protests. As Al Jazeera’s Saif Khalid explains, there are concerns the…
Tech exec plummets 2000 feet to his death off California mountain
By JACK TOLEDO Published: 11:26 EDT, 21 September 2025 | Updated: 12:02 EDT, 21 September 2025 A tech executive died after plummeting 2000 feet to his death off a California mountain.…













