Tag: War crimes

UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis

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UNITED NATIONS — The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq announced Monday it has found “clear and compelling evidence” that Islamic...

Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke

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BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Sunday honored 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist views over Serbia's nationalist...

Bosnia Serbs honor controversial Nobel Literature winner

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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serbs on Friday honored the controversial 2019 Nobel Literature Prize winner Peter Handke, who is known for his apologist...

Israel rejects ICC probe, saying it lacks jurisdiction

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JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday said it would formally reject the International Criminal Court's decision to launch a probe into potential war crimes against...

Russian activists issue report on rights abuses in Syria

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MOSCOW — Russian human rights activists released a report Friday that chronicles alleged war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law during the 10-year...

Biden lifts Trump sanctions on international court officials

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President Joe Biden on Friday lifted sanctions that Donald Trump had imposed on two top officials of the International Criminal Court, undoing one of...

Serb accused of 1999 massacre of 130 men arrested in Kosovo

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PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo’s police on Wednesday arrested a Serb who is accused of war crimes during the 1998-1999 war. ...

UN, Ethiopia rights agency to conduct joint Tigray probe

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Nations and an Ethiopian rights agency said on Thursday they had agreed to carry out a joint investigation into...

Ethiopia’s leader says atrocities committed in Tigray war

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia's leader says atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its...

Kosovo court convicts 1 Serb, 1 Albanian of 1999 war crimes

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PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Kosovo court on Tuesday jailed a Serb former police officer and an Albanian policeman convicted of murder and other war...