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Ukraine has documented evidence related to the execution of 93 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to a law enforcement official tasked with investigating war crimes related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yuriy Belousov, who heads the Prosecutor-General's Office’s department in charge of...
Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to kill at least 70 people, including 10 women and three infants, according to the UN. The...
Authorities in Ukraine have launched an investigation into what they said was the apparent summary execution by Russian troops of 16 Ukrainian soldiers who had surrendered on the eastern frontline. Moscow did not immediately comment on the accusations. The Kremlin denies that Russia commits war...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that Iran would pay for its missile attack on Tuesday, while Tehran said any retaliation would be met with “vast destruction,” raising fears of a wider war. In its attack on Tuesday, Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles at Israel, Israel said...
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant signaled that the Isarael Defense Forces still plan to move its troops into Lebanon, telling the army, “We will use all of our capabilities—including you.” "That is what we will do, and we will deploy whatever is needed—you, other forces, from the air, from the...
The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday. It came after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of people, as Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure, including the killing of its...
Up to a sixth of Lebanon's population have been forced to flee their homes as a result of intense Israeli air strikes targeting militant group Hezbollah. The country's prime minister said Lebanon was experiencing what could be its largest wave of displacement ever. Israel struck multiple targets in...
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has escalated dramatically over the past week, following an Israeli airstrike that killed senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Qubaisi in Beirut. Israel's offensive, which has now claimed the lives of over 569 people, including 50 children...
During his address to the UN General Assembly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders to support his 2022 "peace formula," which centers on expelling Russian forces from Ukraine and holding them accountable for war crimes. He criticized alternative peace proposals, particularly...
The first adversarial trial in Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has commenced, marking a significant moment in the country’s transitional justice process. Retired Colonel Publio Hernan Mejia is being tried for his role in the “false positives” scandal, which involved extrajudicial...