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UK inquiry into allegations of SAS extra-judicial killings of Afghans to begin
A public inquiry into allegations that members of British special forces carried out dozens of extra-judicial killings during night raids in ... World News -
Zelenskyy hails Ukraine, promises victory
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday hailed Ukraine and its people for fighting back against Russia and vowed victory on the first anniversary of ... World News -
Israeli settlements amount to war: UN rights expert
Israeli settlements in the West Bank amount to a war crime, a UN human rights investigator said on Friday, calling on countries to make clear to ... Middle East -
United Nations says has helped 12 jurisdictions prepare Syrian war crimes cases
A United Nations body working to ensure justice for war crimes committed by all sides in Syria has provided information and evidence to 12 national ... Middle East -
Kremlin rejects UN allegations that Russia committed war crimes in Syria
The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected allegations by the United Nations that Russia may have committed war crimes in Syria last year, saying the UN ... Middle East -
Erdogan should be prosecuted over Syrian offensive: ex-UN investigator del Ponte
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be investigated and indicted for war crimes over his country’s military offensive in Syria, former ... Middle East -
Amnesty accuses Turkey of ‘war crimes’ in Syria
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies have committed “war crimes” including summary executions during their offensive in northeast Syria, ... Middle East -
UN suspends Sri Lanka peacekeepers over new army chief appointment
The United Nations has suspended Sri Lankan troops from peacekeeping duties after Colombo ignored repeated warnings and appointed a general accused of ... World News -
General accused of war crimes appointed Sri Lanka army chief
A general accused of war crimes was Monday appointed Sri Lanka army chief, as the US warned his selection undermined efforts to ensure accountability ... World News -
Save the Children: War kills over 100,000 babies a year
At least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and its impact, from hunger to denial of aid, Save the Children International said on ... World News -
Engineering a historical narrative in Syria
“We will go down in history either as the world’s greatest statesmen or its worst villains.”These were the indomitable words of ... Middle East -
Israel clears soldiers in 2014 Gaza assault despite war crimes charges
Israel’s military on Wednesday closed its probe into a deadly 2014 assault in Gaza that followed the capture of a soldier despite a rights ... Middle East -
Iraqi policeman, who calls himself ‘The Beheader,’ decapitated 50 ISIS militants
The total number of ISIS militants he killed is 130, including 50 others whom he beheaded. Meet Falah Aziz, an Iraqi policeman who boastfully calls ... Features -
Human Rights Watch says use of landmines by Houthis ‘violate the laws of war’
The Human Rights Watch has in a report on Yemen highlighted the Houthi-Saleh forces’ use of banned antipersonnel landmines that has caused ... Features -
Saudi Arabia: ‘War crimes’ were committed in Aleppo
The massacres being committed in the Syrian city of Aleppo can be classified as war crimes against humanity, the Saudi Cabinet stated Gulf -
Bangladesh hangs Islamist party figure for 1971 war crimes
Since December 2013, five Jamaat leaders, including former top leader Nizami, and a leader of main opposition party, have been executed for war crimes Gulf -
UN tells states to stop Syria war crimes
States backing Syria's peace process must stop the warring parties from attacking unlawful targets such as hospitals, U.N. war crimes investigators ... Reports -
Saudi insists no political solution while Assad remains in power
Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday that the practices being pursued by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad against his people, ... Reports -
UN warns of war crimes over Aleppo carnage
The United States and Russia agreed to extend a truce to end nearly two weeks of near-constant attacks in the northern city Middle East -
German extremist goes on trial for war crimes in Syria
The trial in Frankfurt is the first in Germany for war crimes committed over the course of Syria’s five-year war Middle East -
U.N. on Syria: War crimes are now ‘rampant’
A new report came as the U.S. and Russia had agreed on a new 'cessation of hostilities' in Syria that will take effect on Saturday Middle East -
Suspected Syrian militant arrested in Germany for ‘war crime’
A Syrian suspected of being among militants who kidnapped a U.N. peacekeeper in Damascus in 2013 has been arrested over the ‘war crime’ Middle East -
U.N. says all sides in Libya may be committing war crimes
Four years after the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi, Libya is locked in a conflict between two rival governments North Africa -
France opens war crimes probe of Syrian regime
Investigations are focusing on evidence provided by a former Syrian army photographer known by the codename ‘Caesar’ Middle East -
Suspected Islamist rebel accused of Timbuktu destruction appears at ICC
The ICC has been examining events in Mali since 2012, when Islamist Tuareg rebels seized large parts of the country’s north North Africa -
Sudan’s Bashir to visit China in rare long-distance trip
Bashir is to attend celebrations marking Japan’s defeat in World War II and meet his Chinese counterpart Africa -
FBI warns U.S. art dealers about antiquities looted from Syria, Iraq
The looting of ancient artifacts across Iraq and Syria and their sale on the black market has become a source of funding for ISIS militants Middle East -
UK petition calling for Israeli PM’s arrest nears 80,000 signatures
The petition calls for Netenyahu's arrest under international law for alleged war crimes committed in the 2014 Gaza War World News -
Syrian govt ‘committing war crimes’ in Ghouta
At least 31 civilians were killed in Syrian government air strikes on the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus Middle East -
Amal Clooney in last minute legal bid to save Qaddafi's son
Barrister and wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, made an 11th-hour bid to save the lives of Saif Gadafi and former intelligence chief Abdullah Al-Senussi Middle East