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Iranian rapper Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, also known as Tataloo, speaks during his trial at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2024. Photo: Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency via AP/UNB
Middle East

Iranian rapper Tataloo once supported a hard-line presidential candidate. Now he faces execution

His case reflects the shifting and turbulent political climate in Iran over the past decade

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Crime

2 sentenced to death for killing, dismembering a man's body into 10 pieces in 2018

Two of the convicts of the Munshiganj triple murder case being taken to court on 8 May. Photo: TBS
Court

Munshiganj triple murder: 3 get death penalty, 5 life imprisonment

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Court

3 men sentenced to death for 2022 rape, murder of teenager in Keraniganj

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam
Court

SC to hear fresh appeal against Jamaat leader Azhar’s death sentence  

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Court

Man sentenced to death in Ctg for killing pregnant wife over dowry 

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South Asia

Pakistan court sentences 4 men to death for 'online blasphemy'

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Court

SC hearing on Azhar's review plea against war crimes conviction 20 Feb

RG Kar rape and murder case convict Sanjay Roy being produced at Sealdah Court in Kolkata. Photo: HT/ANI
South Asia

RG Kar rape-murder case: Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment till death by Kolkata court

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Bangladesh

4 to die, 8 get life term for double murder in Sirajganj

US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump. Photo: AFP
USA

Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Truong My Lan in court, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: AP
Asia

Vietnam court upholds death sentence for tycoon in $12 billion fraud case

Truong My Lan in court, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: AP
World+Biz

Vietnamese tycoon in race to raise $9bn to avoid execution