World Sep 23 Azerbaijan files case alleging ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Armenia Azerbaijan has filed a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Armenia of a “policy of ethnic cleansing” targeting Azerbaijanis.
World Aug 31 EU backs helping Afghanistan’s neighbors cope with refugees European Union justice and home affairs ministers have pledged to support Afghanistan's neighbors to help them host people fleeing the new Taliban regime and prevent a new wave of migrants heading to Europe.
World Jun 08 Judges uphold conviction of Serb military chief Ratko Mladic U.N. appeals judges on Tuesday upheld the convictions of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide and other offenses during Bosnia's 1992-95 war and confirmed his life sentence.
World Mar 03 ICC launches war crimes probe into Israeli practices The decision dealt an embarrassing blow to the Israeli government, which had conducted an aggressive public relations campaign to block the investigation.
World Feb 04 ICC convicts Ugandan rebel commander of war crimes The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a former commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages.
World Jan 20 Dutch propose curfew to rein in virus, will ban more flights The Dutch government says it wants to impose a curfew as part of beefed-up restrictions to rein in the spread of a new more contagious coronavirus variant that already accounts for at least one in 10 Dutch infections…
Politics Jan 06 EU agency approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent.
Health Dec 30 U.K. approves use of ‘vaccine for the world’ Britain has authorized an easy-to-handle coronavirus vaccine and decided to stretch out the time between doses to allow more people to get some level of protection faster as infections surge.
World Dec 11 ICC prosecutor ready to open investigation into Ukraine The six-year preliminary probe looked at allegations of crimes starting with the brutal crackdown on pro-European Union protests in 2013-14 through the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.
World Oct 26 As virus spreads throughout Europe, French doctor warns his country has ‘lost control’ France declared a state of emergency earlier this month and has been imposing more and more restrictions since September to try to ease the pressure on France’s hospitals.