Veiled Iranian women gather outside a sports hall, waiting to participate in a celebration introducing Iran's 1404 Lady of the Year, held in commemoration of National Mother's Day in downtown Tehran, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during home invasion robbery is scheduled to be put to death in December under a death warrant signed Friday by Republican Gov. Ron ...

Texas carried out the nation’s first execution of the year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in a 1998 double murder.

U.S. and Afghan officials Sunday condemned the public execution of an Afghan woman accused of adultery, saying her death “is an unambiguous reminder to the Afghan people and the international ...