An Italian court convicted three Egyptian security officials in absentia for the 2016 kidnapping of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured body was found days after his disappearance in Cairo. The officials were sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Australia's Court of Appeal rejected Uncle Robbie Thorpe's landmark attempt to privately prosecute King Charles III over alleged genocide of Indigenous Australians. The ruling leaves Thorpe with one final domestic legal option before potentially taking the case to the International Criminal Court.
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband acknowledged that Labour's previous approach to Gaza had been insufficient, telling critics they were right about Palestinian suffering. He announced a policy reset including sanctions on Israeli settlers and condemned what he called 'ethnic cleansing' in the West Bank, calling the situation 'a stain on the conscience of the world.'
An inquest into the deaths of three British aid workers killed in an Israeli drone strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza in April 2024 could be expanded to include testimony from Israeli Defense Forces commanders and UK military officials. The mother of one victim has called for an end to UK arms sales to Israel.
A UN special rapporteur has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe US military strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean violate international law and could constitute crimes against humanity, characterizing them as serial extrajudicial killings.
British prosecutors charged Dr. Vincent Brown, 65, with genocide-related offences allegedly committed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide, marking the first such charges brought in the UK. The charges follow a complex seven-year investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
The Trump administration is preparing comprehensive sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court itself, potentially disrupting payments, IT services and investigations. The move follows the ICC's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
A military plane transported 18 suspects in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse from Haiti to the United States to face trial, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the nation.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned former combat medic Elor Azaria, who was convicted of shooting dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker at close range in the occupied West Bank in 2016. The case divided Israel a decade ago and sparked intense national debate.
A UN report documented widespread sexual violence by Russian forces against Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war, including gang rape and electric shocks to genitals. The report found 89% of documented cases were tied to Russia, with some cases also attributed to Ukrainian authorities.
A United Nations fact-finding mission has found reasonable grounds to believe the United States may have committed war crimes when its strikes allegedly hit an elementary school and sports facility in Iran, including the Shajareh Tayebeh primary school in Minab. Washington has rejected the report's findings.
All 3,000 EU sanctions against individuals helping Russia's war effort could expire by September 21 if no compromise is reached, as France seeks to lift sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov under pressure from Azerbaijan. The dispute coincides with Russia opening new legal challenges over frozen assets and the U.S. expanding sanctions related to deported Ukrainian children.
A tribunal in The Hague convicted Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci of war crimes including murder, torture, and illegal detention committed during the 1990s war for independence from Serbia, when he served as a senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Three co-defendants also received prison sentences ranging from 13 to 25 years.
A UN fact-finding mission concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe US forces committed war crimes in February strikes on Iran, including an attack on a primary school in Minab. The finding comes as the conflict has cost $38 billion through July and continues at $2-3 billion monthly, with Trump claiming the war is nearing its end despite regional escalation including Saudi-Houthi strikes.
Amnesty International has accused Russia of illegally trafficking foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine by deceiving them with fake job offers, then forcing them into military service upon arrival. The report, based on interviews with prisoners of war, describes victims as typically under 40 from poorer countries lured by promises of employment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a 24-hour trip to address the UN General Assembly this month, following calls from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his arrest over the Gaza war. Netanyahu faces an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese warned that large-scale rubble removal operations in Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza risk erasing evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and preventing recovery of bodies. The UN estimates 61 million tons of rubble remain, with Palestinians reporting over 8,000 people buried in debris.
Thousands gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander convicted of genocide by a UN court. The elaborate funeral drew international criticism for glorifying a war criminal, though Serbia proceeded without official state honors or serving government officials.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko submitted his resignation to President Zelensky and parliament following a corruption scandal involving illegal call centers. His offices were searched days earlier as part of the investigation.
Vice President JD Vance confirmed the US is investigating a deadly strike on a wedding celebration in southern Iran that killed at least four people including two children, as weapons experts concluded the blast was likely caused by a US munition.
A US airstrike intended for a communications complex in the Iranian coastal town of Kuhestak missed its target and hit a wedding celebration, killing at least four people including a child and injuring 68 others. The US Defense Department is investigating the incident, which occurred amid renewed US strikes against Iran and subsequent Iranian retaliation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused security officials of deliberately not waking him for over an hour during the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, claiming he would have ordered immediate mobilization and prevented the massacre. Reports indicate his first phone call to the IDF chief occurred three hours after the attack began.
Masked Israeli settlers attacked an NBC News team and a 51-year-old Palestinian woman, Aida Ahmed Abdullah, during an interview in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. The assault, which drew rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, occurred as the crew was interviewing Abdullah about being driven from her home by settlers.
A Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in a civilian area west of Kyiv, triggering massive explosions and fires that killed at least 37 people and forced nearly 400 evacuations. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a criminal investigation into negligence, stating the depot "definitely shouldn't have been there," marking the second such incident in two months.
A U.S. military judge ruled that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's 2007 confession to FBI agents was involuntary and excluded it from evidence, dealing a major blow to prosecutors in the long-delayed case ahead of a planned 2028 trial.
A U.S. military judge ordered that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and three co-defendants will go on trial before a military tribunal in June 2028, more than 26 years after the attacks.
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, recently sanctioned by the United States, called on Japan to resist American pressure on ICC members to withdraw from the court. The appeal comes as Washington escalates its campaign against the Hague-based tribunal, partly in response to war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, aligned with the Rapid Support Forces, killed 27 people including four children in attacks in South Kordofan, according to the Sudan Doctors Network. The violence comes as Trump's Africa envoy calls for a country-wide UN arms embargo amid escalating drone attacks.
Far-right Israeli Knesset member Zvi Sukkot used a sledgehammer to destroy a Palestinian memorial in the village of Madama while escorted by Israeli soldiers. The incident drew widespread condemnation across Israel's political spectrum, including from Prime Minister Netanyahu, though the military claims Sukkot acted deceptively beyond the approved plan for his visit.
Israeli forces deployed phosphorus shells and conducted airstrikes and heavy artillery fire across multiple areas of southern Lebanon overnight and early Saturday, according to Lebanese state media. The attacks occurred despite an existing truce, with extensive destruction reported in several towns.
Two Russian drones struck a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 130. President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose hometown is Kryvyi Rih, condemned the attack as 'despicable' and vowed retaliation as rescuers continue searching for nine missing people, including two children.
A Russian drone attack on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 130 on Friday. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of using a 'double-tap' strike deliberately targeting emergency responders with a second drone after the initial attack.
Turkey announced it will request an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case related to Israel's interception and detention of activists attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Netanyahu's office condemned the move as a "pathetic attempt to intimidate" Israeli leaders.
Myanmar's military conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Sagaing region, killing 14 people participating in a week-long meditation retreat. More than 100 people were at the monastery when the attack occurred.
International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane condemned fresh US sanctions imposed on her and other ICC officials, warning of threats to the international rule of law. The Trump administration sanctioned ICC officials after the court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the Gaza war.
Israel is confronting mounting international criticism after announcing plans to build 1,234 homes in the E1 settlement area east of Jerusalem, which critics say would sever Palestinian territorial contiguity. The diplomatic strain intensifies as settler attacks in Palestinian-controlled West Bank areas have nearly doubled since 2025, while the Israeli military opens criminal investigations into the killings of Palestinian civilians and paramedics in Gaza.
The UK, Canada and Australia have jointly criticized Israel's decision not to launch a criminal investigation into April 2024 airstrikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, calling the decision "shameful" and "egregious." Australia expressed particular outrage over the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom.
Australia summoned Israel's ambassador and expressed outrage after the IDF decided not to pursue criminal proceedings over the 2024 airstrike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six others in Gaza.
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video tour of a gallows complex under construction where Palestinians convicted of terror offenses will be executed, including viewing booths for victims' families. The move has drawn international condemnation and criticism that it provides ammunition to Israel's enemies.
Germany will allocate €50 million to restore the New Safe Confinement structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was damaged in a Russian drone attack in February 2025. The protective steel shelter over the destroyed reactor remains central to European nuclear safety.
Israel's military acknowledged for the first time that its troops opened fire on a car carrying 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and her family in Gaza in 2024, announcing a criminal investigation more than two years after the incident. The probe is part of the military's first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, which also includes the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics.
Israeli settlers have surrounded and attacked Palestinian family homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, cutting off water and electricity, prompting condemnation from Amnesty International, the US and UK. The siege has sparked international calls for Israeli government action and debate over transferring law enforcement from the IDF to police.
Ukraine received the bodies of 261 deceased individuals from Russia, who according to the Russian side were Ukrainian servicemen. The repatriation will require forensic expertise and investigation to confirm identities, with Ukrainian officials noting that Russia has previously returned bodies of its own soldiers during such exchanges.
David McBride, a former army lawyer who leaked classified military documents about Australia's involvement in Afghanistan to the media, has been released from a Canberra prison on parole after serving more than two years of a five-year sentence. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland granted the parole.
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces renewed their assault on al-Obeid and intensified drone attacks across the country following battlefield losses, while officials discovered a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
Sudan's Rapid Support Forces renewed their assault on al-Obeid and intensified drone attacks across the country following battlefield losses, while officials discovered a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
The Pentagon acknowledged that U.S. military airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen killed 153 civilians and wounded 243 in 2025, according to its annual civilian casualty report delivered to Congress. The report notably excluded any deaths from airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, drawing criticism from some officials.
A Pentagon review revealed that US airstrikes targeting Houthi militants in Yemen during 2025 killed more than 150 civilians, significantly higher than previously acknowledged. The assessment comes amid growing concerns over civilian casualties in the region.
Israeli forces demolished the home of Farouk Ramadan in the West Bank town of Tal on August 11, less than three weeks after he was killed during a July 24 clash that erupted when Israeli settlers approached the town, leaving one settler and one Palestinian dead. The demolition comes amid continued Israeli raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank, with the UN warning the territory is at a 'breaking point.'
UN investigators reported that Myanmar's military intensified aerial attacks on civilians in the run-up to elections held in December and January, using low-cost aircraft including motorized paragliders and gyrocopters. All sides in the civil war committed war crimes including torture and sexual violence over the past year.
A Syrian court sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher, and cousin Atef Najib to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, war crimes, murder, and torture during Syria's 14-year civil war that killed approximately half a million people. Assad has been living in exile in Russia since his ouster in 2024.
Former Ukrainian detainees and officials accused Russia of systematically torturing prisoners of war and civilian detainees, including beatings, electric shocks, and sexual abuse, with thousands still held in captivity. The accounts come from Ukrainian service members who surrendered at locations including the Azovstal steel works.
Nearly 6,000 people were displaced in one day from West Darfur amid clashes between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces, while a mass grave containing at least 25 bodies, including women and children, was discovered in Kurmuk after the army retook the town.
UN experts condemned a sharp escalation in violence against Palestinian civilians in July 2026, with settler attacks in the West Bank surging 63% in the first half of the year to 660 incidents. The UN warned the West Bank is at a 'breaking point' as Israeli forces continued raids and arrests while strikes in Gaza killed multiple Palestinians.
Days after being dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's former ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna has been formally notified she is a suspect in an anti-corruption investigation for alleged illegal enrichment exceeding $300,000 (13.9 million UAH).
Israeli prosecutors have charged settler Yinon Levi with killing Palestinian activist Awdah (Odeh) Hathaleen in Umm al-Khair village in the occupied West Bank. This marks the first indictment of an Israeli for killing a Palestinian in the West Bank since the October 7, 2023 attacks, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.
A series of Russian ballistic missile attacks in early August 2026 destroyed multiple humanitarian aid warehouses across Ukraine, including World Health Organization and Red Cross facilities. The strikes killed at least 17 people and destroyed millions of dollars worth of medical supplies, HIV prevention materials, and aid intended for hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to pause a $655.5 million judgment that Palestinian authorities must pay to American victims of attacks in Israel between 2002 and 2004. The Palestinian Authority and PLO had argued that paying the judgment could destabilize government services in the West Bank.
Israeli military forces conducted widespread raids across the occupied West Bank, detaining at least 14-28 Palestinians including children in areas near Nablus, Tubas, Bethlehem, and other cities. The operations coincided with escalating settler violence, including attacks on Palestinian villages and the closure of an IDF investigation into a brutal 2023 settler assault without charges.
United Nations experts have verified that Boeing 727 aircraft previously identified by Reuters as connected to a U.S. military contractor's network were used to transport mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to a draft U.N. report scheduled for September publication.
Over a weekend update, the Pentagon revised its Defense Casualty Analysis System to reflect 18 killed and 624 wounded in the Iran war, while reclassifying four recent deaths under a new "Overseas Operations Casualties" category, drawing criticism over transparency from military families.
ICC member states voted Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan from office following findings of serious misconduct and breach of duty, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations first emerged. The court's oversight body concluded in June that Khan had committed serious violations.
A Russian ballistic missile attack targeted a defense exhibition near Kyiv where Ukrainian President Zelenskyy had hosted U.S. defense contractors, killing at least 10 people and wounding nearly 100. Ukrainian prosecutors have opened an investigation into why the publicly promoted event was held despite strike risks.
The ICC terminated proceedings against former Darfur rebel commander Abdallah Banda after prosecutors withdrew charges related to alleged 2007 war crimes, citing collapsed evidence in the long-running case.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the city lacks legal authority to enforce an ICC arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but called on federal officials to do so, drawing fierce criticism from conservatives.
Russia said it carried out a series of strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure and vessels in Odesa and Chornomorsk during July 2026, claiming that the targets supported Ukrainian military operations. Reuters said it could not independently verify Russia's claims. Separately, India protested after four Indian sailors were killed in a suspected Russian cruise missile strike on the MV Golden Leo, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian forces would continue targeting vessels they suspected of transporting weapons or other military goods for Ukraine.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that the Trump administration is launching a major effort to dismantle the International Criminal Court, calling it a threat to U.S. sovereignty and urging other countries to join the campaign against the global institution.
A Ukrainian military intelligence officer who initially confessed to killing Anastasiia Berezovska, the woman suspected of attempting to bomb a Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco, has retracted his confession in a Kyiv court and blamed his co-defendant instead. Two men have been detained in connection with the killing.
International Criminal Court officials have announced a major breakthrough in their investigation of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, with new evidence allowing prosecutors to connect atrocities to senior leadership figures. The development was revealed in public comments by ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Khan in July 2026.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have killed multiple civilians including a school principal and her mother, prompting Amnesty International to demand a war crimes investigation. The attacks continue despite a ceasefire agreement, with Lebanon now demanding Israel fulfill withdrawal commitments before participating in further negotiations.
Ukrainian authorities found the body of Anastasiia Berezovska, suspected of the June 29 Monaco bombing targeting Ukrainian businessman Vadym Iermolaiev. A Ukrainian intelligence officer has reportedly confessed to killing her, according to prosecutors.
UNICEF reports at least 330 children were killed or injured in Sudan during the first six months of 2026, as the Rapid Support Forces besieged el-Obeid, razed villages in Darfur, and displaced thousands. The escalating conflict includes lethal drone attacks and increasingly difficult humanitarian conditions.
A UN human rights body has deemed Israel's detention of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya arbitrary and called for his immediate release, as his lawyer reports he is almost unrecognizable due to severe injuries sustained during 18 months in Israeli custody and faces imminent danger to his life.
Three International Criminal Court judges filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration on Wednesday, challenging sanctions imposed on them last year over their judicial actions involving U.S. and Israeli personnel. The judges argue the sanctions are unlawful.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's highest state honor following controversy over Zelenskyy naming a Ukrainian military unit after a World War II formation that killed tens of thousands of Poles. The diplomatic rift has led Zelenskyy to skip a postwar reconstruction conference in Poland.
The United States, United Nations, United Kingdom, and European nations have issued urgent warnings that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group could commit mass atrocities against civilians in El-Obeid, a strategic city of half a million people in central Sudan that RSF forces have surrounded.
A UN independent international commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children, finding that approximately 30% of those killed in the conflict have been children. The report documents continued killings even after the October 2025 ceasefire, with over 265 children among more than 1,000 deaths since the truce began.
Milan prosecutors are investigating an Italian aristocrat and three others for murder after allegations emerged that wealthy tourists paid $100,000 to hunt civilians for sport during the 1990s Bosnian war. Italian police have seized significant evidence during searches of suspects' homes.
A series of violent attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the shooting death of a seven-month-old baby by an Israeli soldier and an assault on a 92-year-old man, has prompted former senior Israeli officials to issue a 'final warning' demanding government action against settler terror.
The UN human rights chief condemned a sharp increase in drone warfare in Sudan's ongoing conflict, reporting that more than 1,000 civilians were killed in drone strikes during the first five months of 2026. Drone warfare has become an increasingly prominent feature of Sudan's civil conflict.
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for ordering military drones into North Korea in October 2024, which prosecutors argued was intended to heighten tensions and create a pretext for his failed martial law declaration in December 2024.
Amnesty International released a report on June 10, 2026, accusing Israel of conducting a state-led campaign of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank through accelerated settlement expansion, forced displacement of Palestinians, and annexation measures. The human rights organization characterized these actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The International Criminal Court's governing body suspended chief prosecutor Karim Khan from his duties and referred him for disciplinary proceedings following sexual abuse allegations against a member of his office.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has triggered sharp tensions with Poland by naming a military unit after a World War II-era militia that massacred Poles and Jews, drawing condemnation from Warsaw over the Nazi-associated historical reference.
Israeli troops opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, killing a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy and wounding his parents, according to Palestinian health officials. Reports indicate the family's vehicle had complied with orders to stop.
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 10 people, including high-ranking Lebanese Army soldiers and a general, just days after the two countries agreed to a conditional US-mediated truce. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun condemned the attack as a violation of sovereignty and international law.
Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least 12 people and injured dozens across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, as President Zelenskyy commemorated the deaths of at least 707 children killed since the 2022 invasion began.
Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi, a former Syrian military officer under the Assad regime, has pleaded not guilty in an Austrian court to charges including aggravated torture, coercion, sexual coercion and bodily harm. Austrian law allows local courts to prosecute certain crimes committed abroad when defendants reside in Austria.
