A 16-year-old boy is facing the death penalty in Iran accused of insulting the hardline Islamic state's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Teen Amirreza Bagheri - from Tabriz in north-western Iran - is understood to have been seized over anti-government protests sweeping the country. He is facing trial for 'insulting the…
A woman and her partner accused of strangling her eight-year-old son to death after years of apparent abuse are facing the death penalty in Texas. Megan Lange, 29, poses in undated photo. She may face the death penalty for allegedly starving and killing her son Arturo Francisco Coca, aged 8,…
A motorist who deliberately drove through a crowd of people walking across a pedestrian crossing faces the death penalty in China after he said he did it because he wanted to 'get revenge on society'. The shocking incident happened shortly before midday on Saturday in the city of Dalian in…
A Chinese man studying in the UK is facing execution after being deported back home from his hideout in Cambodia where he is wanted for killing his parents when they tried to stop him going back to Britain. Huang Mouyang, 22, who had been studying in the UK before returning…
A Belgian man has escaped the death penalty in Thailand after he was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's new lover when he tried to help the man during a medical emergency. Kevin Maes, 34, from the city of Antwerp, was accused of killing Sarah Gieghase's new lover Siva Ramalingam in…