Tag: International law
Kosovo court convicts 1 Serb, 1 Albanian of 1999 war crimes
PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Kosovo court on Tuesday jailed a Serb former police officer and an Albanian policeman convicted of murder and other war...
Kenya leaves int’l court case on ocean dispute with Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has withdrawn from International Court of Justice hearings on its dispute with neighboring Somalia over territory in the Indian Ocean....
ICC gives Israel month to seek deferral of war crimes probe
JERUSALEM — The International Criminal Court said Thursday it has sent formal notices to Israel and the Palestinian Authority about its impending investigation into...
Rights group: Jordan’s debt prisons violate human rights law
AMMAN, Jordan — Samer Qraih had a good job working at a bank in Amman, Jordan, and decided to start his own business importing...
Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested by authorities in Belgium
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Belgian authorities have arrested a Kosovo war crimes suspect indicted by prosecutors at a special court in The Hague, the...
Ethiopia’s leader faces intense pressure to end Tigray war
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia's government on Thursday faced mounting pressure to withdraw troops from the northern region of Tigray amid growing reports of war...
Germany: Croatian wanted for war crimes arrested at airport
BERLIN — A 65-year-old Croatian man has been arrested in Germany on a European warrant on allegations of war crimes during fighting as the...
Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
JERUSALEM — Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that...
Lawyer: Central African Republic soccer chief is innocent
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The former head of Central African Republic's soccer federation used the popular sport to foster peace and unity in his...
Kremlin rebuffs European court’s demand to free Navalny
MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Thursday strongly rejected the European human rights court's order to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny as “inadmissible” meddling...