war crimes

Colombia peace tribunal charges 19 soldiers for 300 murders

BOGOTA: The special peace tribunal investigating atrocities committed during Colombia's decades-long conflict on Monday charged… Read More

UNHRC to investigate Israeli war crimes in Palestine

The resolution was passed with 24 votes in favor, 9 against, and 14 abstentions. Read More

International Criminal Court to probe war crimes in Palestinian Territories

The decision comes after the court ruled on Feb. 5 that it has jurisdiction in… Read More

UK govt and military covered up war crimes: report

Leaks from two government-ordered inquiries into the conduct of troops in the conflicts implicated troops… Read More

Facing hurdles from US, war crimes judges reject Afghanistan probe

Neither the Taliban, the Afghan government, nor the United States will face any investigation at… Read More

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo freed by war crimes court

More than 3,000 people died on both sides after Gbagbo refused to concede defeat to… Read More

US threatens to arrest ICC judges who probe war crimes

US threatened to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court… Read More

UN votes to send war crimes probe to Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to send a team of international… Read More

UN wants prosecutions for South Sudan war crimes

NEW YORK: A UN rights commission in South Sudan said Friday there was sufficient evidence… Read More

Philippines’ Duterte says he cannot be tried by war crimes court

DAVAO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday declared himself beyond the jurisdiction of an International… Read More

UN prosecutor urges Croatian leaders to face up to war-time past

THE HAGUE: The chief prosecutor of the UN war crimes court Sunday urged Croatian leaders… Read More

Bosnian war criminal dies after ‘taking poison’ in UN court

THE HAGUE: A Bosnian Croat war criminal died on Wednesday after apparently drinking poison in… Read More

UN war crimes court unveils last verdict in Bosnian Croat appeal

THE HAGUE: UN judges on Wednesday began handing down judgement in the appeals case of… Read More

Syria govt behind sarin gas attack in April: UN probe

GENEVA: United Nations war crimes investigators said Wednesday that they had evidence Syrian government forces… Read More

UN war crimes investigators say probing alleged Syria gas attack

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations war crimes investigators said on Tuesday they were looking into an… Read More

Over 800 health workers killed in Syrian ‘war crimes’: report

PARIS: More than 800 health workers have died in "acts of war crimes" in Syria… Read More

Kerry, Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row

MOSCOW/BEIRUT: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on… Read More

ICC to decide on Israel-Palestine war crimes probe ‘in due course’: official

JERUSALEM: The International Criminal Court has no deadline for deciding whether to investigate alleged war… Read More

Mali militant jailed for nine years over war crimes for Timbuktu destruction

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS: War crimes judges on Tuesday sentenced a Malian militant to nine years… Read More

France at UN says war crimes committed in Syria’s Aleppo

UNITED NATIONS: France's envoy to the United Nations asserted Sunday that war crimes were being… Read More