North Korea ‘executes five Economic Ministry workers after they criticised Kim’s policies at a dinner party’ It is thought the communist party officials were shot by firing squad on July 30 The five men had openly discussed stagnant economy in militarised nation state Their families are said to have also been transferred to a political … Read more
Donald Trump has claimed that the headless body of Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle was displayed to senior North Korean officials. The US President told the author of an upcoming book on the US president that the dictator confided that he had his uncle’s head displayed after ordering his execution in 2013. Jang Song Thaek, the … Read more
A Muslim spy who was executed by the Nazis at Dachau concentration camp in 1944 is the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a blue plaque. Noor Inayat Khan, of Indian and US descent, served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which was set up by Sir Winston Churchill in 1940. The English Heritage … Read more
A Missouri inmate on Tuesday became the first person to be executed since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton, 64, died by lethal injection for killing Gladys Kuehler, 81, in 1991. A jury recently said that ‘compelling’ new evidence made them feel ‘uncomfortable’ about the conviction and he had long maintained his innocence. His case … Read more
Four men are executed over the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi that shocked the world Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh were all executed The four were hanged in the high-security Tihar prison in India’s capital on Friday Their deaths mark the first executions in the … Read more