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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 16, 2026
Trump scraps Hegseth’s plan to livestream execution after fierce backlash
The plan was opposed at home and abroad, with U.S. Democrats and Republicans, the Catholic Church and the United Nations all expressing outrage.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign event in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2026
Trump says leakers should be shot, veering off midterm pitch
Trump’s focus on leakers threatens to distract from his closing message ahead of midterm elections widely expected to center around the economy.
Christa Pike
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 11, 2026
Survivor of botched U.S. lethal injection returns to prison
Pike, 50, was given two doses of the drug pentobarbital on Sept. 30 — a usually fatal dose that nevertheless failed to kill her.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2026
Republican opposition widens to livestreamed execution; Trump still weighing it
A government execution has never been broadcast or livestreamed, experts say, and the military has not executed anyone by firing squad since 1945.
Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, is pictured in an undated handout photo
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
U.S. military to livestream firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter
Nidal Hasan’s execution will be the first by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first it has carried out by firing squad since World War II.
A picture taken on Dec. 4, 2007, shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike is conscious and speaking, lawyers say
Despite severe injuries sustained during the aborted execution, Pike, 50, is “still handcuffed and shackled” to her hospital bed.
Death row inmate Christa Pike enters a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, in December 2007.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2026
Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike unconscious on ventilator, lawyers say
It was the state’s second botched execution this year, prompting the governor to halt any further executions for the rest of 2026.
Death row inmate Christa Pike enters the Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Dec. 4, 2007.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 2, 2026
U.S. inmate in critical condition after botched execution
Christa Pike would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. state of Tennessee in more than 200 years.
Christa Pike attends a hearing via a video hookup at Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Aug. 11.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2026
U.S. death row inmate survives lethal execution attempt
The event marked the state of Tennessee’s first attempt to put a woman to death in two centuries.
Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday morning.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2026
Japan executes man convicted of killing five in 2009 Osaka pachinko parlor arson
The execution — the first under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration — took place on Friday morning.
A man prays for the victims of a 2008 indiscriminate stabbing incident in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Monday, the 18th anniversary of the incident.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2026
Victims mourned 18 years after Akihabara stabbing incident
The attacker, then 25, rammed a truck into a pedestrian area near Akihabara Station and hit passers-by before attacking them with a dagger.
Tokyo Detention House guidelines dictate that CCTV surveillance can be used when detainees are at risk of suicide or self-harm, or when there is concern they may try to escape.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
May 20, 2026
Female death row inmate sues Japan government over 24/7 surveillance
A death-row inmate says she’s been surveilled 24/7 for 24 years. Now, she’s suing the Japanese government for a breach of human rights.
Then-Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe reviews an honor guard before meeting with his Brazilian counterpart in Brasilia in September 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 7, 2026
China gives two ex-defense ministers suspended death sentences over corruption
Former Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu were once members of China’s powerful Central Military Commission, the body that oversees the country’s military.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in Pyongyang on Feb. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2026
North Korean executions rose dramatically during COVID-19, report shows
Death penalty cases related to foreign culture, religion and “superstition” jumped by 250% after the country closed its borders, the report showed.
A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, in September 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 25, 2026
U.S. adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods
The U.S. is ?one of very few Western nations that still uses the death penalty, although public support for capital punishment has gradually ?declined among Americans.
Palestinians inspect a burned vehicle and tractor following an attack by Israeli settlers in the northern outskirts of Tayasir village near the occupied West Bank town of Tubas on March 31.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2026
Applying Israel’s death penalty law would be a ‘war crime’: U.N.
Under the new law, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank convicted by military courts of carrying out deadly attacks classified as “terrorism” will face the death penalty.
Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, speaks during a parliamentary session in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel's parliament passes a law that makes the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2026
Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
The law, which has drawn international criticism of Israel, would only apply to Israelis convicted of murder whose attacks aimed at “ending Israel’s existence.”
The Osaka High Court
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2026
Court rules KyoAni killer’s withdrawal of death sentence appeal was valid
After the defendant retracted his appeal in January, his lawyers filed with the high court to contest the validity of his decision.
The death penalty has been sought for a 43-year-old man charged with killing three members of a family in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2026
Death penalty sought over triple murder in Saitama
The defendant, 43-year-old Jun Saito, is charged with killing three members of a family at their house in the city of Hanno in December 2022.
Co-representative Yasuyuki Tokuda (left) of the defense team speaks at a news conference in the city of Fukuoka on Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2026
High court rejects retrial appeal over 1992 Fukuoka child murder
The defense plans to file a special appeal with the Supreme Court against the decision.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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