Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia registered a record number of executions in 2025, setting a new bar for the second year in a row. At least 347 people ...

A U.N. body said the execution of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges was inexcusable and urged Riyadh to pay ...

The U.N. has condemned the execution of two Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug charges, deeming it inexcusable. Riyadh is ...

Saudi Arabia carried out 356 executions in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in the kingdom within a single year. The sharp rise has been widely linked to the government’s intensified crackdown ...

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely attributed ...

The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention criticized Saudi Arabia for executing Egyptians on drug charges, calling it indefensible and urging reparations. The group highlighted fair trial ...

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an independent tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely ...

The Gulf kingdom has executed 79 people thus far this year. Saudi authorities executed a Pakistani convicted of killing a Bangladeshi woman on Sunday, raising to 79 the number of death sentences they ...

The US government commission on religious freedom on Friday urged action against ally Saudi Arabia after its mass execution of 37 people, most of them Shiite Muslims. The US Commission on ...