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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he and International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan had discussed how to ensure that arrest warrants for Russian officials wanted for war crimes in Ukraine are implemented. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for several Russian...

Turkey is seeking international arrest warrants for Israeli soldiers involved in the killing of a Turkish-American citizen in the occupied West Bank. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot while protesting the expansion of a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Israel has taken responsibility for the death...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against Joseph Kony has been postponed to ensure proper procedure and evidence presentation. Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, which has been at war with the Ugandan government...

The Australian government will revoke military honors from their senior officers in response to allegations that the Australian special forces in Afghanistan committed war crimes. The step in command accountability comes four years after Maj Gen Paul Brereton presented yearslong investigation...

Lima, Peru—The controversial legacy of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori re-emerged this week following his death at age 86. Fujimori, who ruled Peru from 1990 to 2000, initially gained widespread support for stabilizing the economy and combating the Shining Path insurgency. As his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia on Tuesday, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The trip, which concluded Tuesday night, was Putin’s first to a member...

A Tashkent regional appeals court on August 21, 2024, upheld a woman’s 30-month restricted freedom sentence for alleged anti-constitutional activity in gross violation of her right to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said. Sevara Shaydullaeva, 31, had sent her mother a video clip of...

An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot by guards and soldiers and others who died in a stampede at the overcrowded facility, authorities said Tuesday. A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were fatally shot by “warning” shots fired...

At least 10 protesters in Nigeria faced a possible death penalty on Monday after being charged with treason over their participation in recent demonstrations against the country’s worst-in-a-generation economic crisis. The protesters were arraigned in the capital, Abuja, and accused of acting “with...

At least 100 villagers were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers, and in people’s homes, residents said Wednesday, the latest killings in Africa’s longest struggle with militancy. More than 50 extremists on motorcycles...