War crimes

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (not pictured) during the 2024 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, US, August 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/ File Photo
World+Biz

Australia to strip medals from veterans after alleged war crimes

A four-year inquiry chaired by Major General Paul Brereton concluded in 2020 there was credible information of the alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by or involving 25 Australian Defence Force...

Palestinians fleeing north Gaza move southward as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File photo
Hamas-Israel war

'Immense' scale of Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity, UN inquiry says

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud speaks at the inaugural ceremony of the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia on Saturday (4 May). Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Dhaka calls OIC leaders to hold Israel accountable for war crimes

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. Photo:REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Middle East

Gaza hospital staff questioned by ICC war crimes prosecutors, sources say

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, attends a side event during the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, 26 March 2024 Photo: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
World+Biz

UN expert says she faces threats after Israel-Gaza genocide report

A UNRWA facility in South Gaza. Photo: Israel National News
Hamas-Israel war

In another blow to humanitarian work, UK halts aid to UN agency after Hamas attack claim

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this handout picture released on December 21, 2023. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza

Lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld attends a hearing of a case against the Dutch state launched by human rights organisations, who say the export of F35 fighter jet parts to Israel makes the Netherlands complicit in alleged war crimes in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, December 4, 2023. REUTERS
World+Biz

Judges to hear case against Dutch state over Israeli jet parts shipments

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Court

7 sentenced to death for war crimes in Bagerhat

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Court

SC reduces war criminal Shamsul Haque's life sentence to 10 years

Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Dhaka calls UNSC to hold Israel accountable for war crimes

An artist's impression from the Stockholm district court where the main hearing began on Tuesday about the former Lundintoppers Alex Schneiter and Ian Lundin, are charged with aiding and abetting a serious violation of international law in Sudan, in Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 2023. TT News Agency/Anders Humlebo via REUTERS
World+Biz

Former oil firm executives go on trial in Sweden over Sudan war crimes

A view shows a basement of an office building, where prosecutors say 30 people were held two months during a Russian occupation, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson, Ukraine, December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko/File Photo
World+Biz

Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts