The convict has the right to appeal the verdict. (Representational) Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic State group member to death after convicting him of involvement in a 2014 suicide bombing that killed 17 pilgrims, the judiciary said. The attack in Taji district north of Baghdad targeted a “mawkeb”, one of […]
Singapore carried out 11 executions for drug offences last year. (Representational) Singapore: A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for conspiring to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis, rights groups said, in the city-state’s first execution in six months. Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, will be sent to the gallows on Wednesday, according to […]
