More than 1,500 executions were recorded globally in 2024, the highest number since 2015, according to an Amnesty International report published on Tuesday. The surge was largely driven by Iran, Iraq ...

BAGHDAD - Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners before dawn Saturday. But as his final moments approached and masked executioners ...

GENEVA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Some 50 prisoners in Iraq face possible execution on Monday following conviction on terrorism-related crimes in unfair trials, United Nations human rights experts said on ...

ARAR — Iraqi authorities have started preparations for the execution of Saudi prisoner Badar Al-Shamri, a source familiar with the case said on Friday. “Al-Shamri’s shifting from Iraq’s Rosafa prison ...

The number of Iraqis slain "execution-style" surged last month, the U.N. said Sunday, raising fears of a return of the death squads that killed thousands during the darkest days of sectarian violence ...

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government is refusing to execute the Saddam Hussein henchman and cousin known as "Chemical Ali" unless the death sentences of two other Saddam-era officials are approved. The ...

BAGHDAD -- Three men convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping sat before the judge, awaiting their fates. But first they had to face their victims' seething families. "They broke his arms. They broke ...

Saddam Hussein during his trial (file photo) (AFP) December 28, 2006 -- Iraqi authorities are reportedly moving forward with preparations to execute former dictator Saddam Hussein by hanging within ...

Ali Hassan al-Majid, the infamous cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali," was executed this morning by the Iraqi government. As an official in Saddam's government, al-Majid oversaw several ...

The bodies of 12 men were found in the Iraqi town of Saadiya, north of Baghdad on Monday, as infighting between Sunni insurgents intensifies and threatens the Islamic State's advancement on Baghdad.