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.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of attacking a vocational school in Russian-occupied Luhansk, killing at least six people with reports of up to 18 children trapped in rubble. Russia has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting while Ukraine claims it struck a drone command unit.
A French judge has opened an investigation into complaints filed against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, marking a significant legal development in the case.
A US federal judge overturned sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese, who had been sanctioned after recommending war crimes prosecutions over Gaza. Judge Richard Leon wrote that 'Albanese has done nothing more than speak.'
The United Nations human rights chief warned that intensifying violence and increased use of drones in Sudan's conflict have killed approximately 880 civilians in the first three months of 2026, with most deaths concentrated in Kordofan and Darfur regions, though strikes are spreading to other areas.
A landmark report concluded that Hamas militants and their allies raped, assaulted and sexually tortured victims during and after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel, detailing systematic sexual violence.
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan disclosed that members of the court's governing body attempted to remove him from office, describing it as a 'dangerous' effort. Khan also detailed a 2024 call in which UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron allegedly threatened the ICC over potential arrest warrants for Israeli officials.
A Syrian court held its first public hearing in the trial of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and senior officials from his former government. Former security chief Atef Najib appeared in person, while Assad and his brother Maher are being tried in absentia.
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed journalist Amal Khalil and wounded photographer Zeinab Faraj in what Lebanese officials called a deliberate 'double-tap' attack. Lebanon's prime minister accused Israel of war crimes, with rescuers also targeted.
A photo showing an Israeli soldier striking a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon sparked widespread condemnation. The Israeli military said it views the incident with 'great severity' and is investigating, while the US ambassador demanded 'swift consequences.'
Hicham Harb, 72, was extradited to France by Palestinian authorities and detained on arrival in Paris over the 1982 attack on a Jewish restaurant in Rue des Rosiers that killed six people. He had been sought for over four decades.
A French court found cement giant Lafarge guilty of paying protection money to ISIS and other jihadist groups to keep a plant operating in northern Syria during the civil war. The company was fined over $1.3 million and its former CEO sentenced to six years in prison.
US and Israeli forces bombed Iran's leading university, killing at least 34 people in what Tehran condemned as a war crime. The attack represents a significant expansion of targeting beyond military infrastructure.
A US-Israeli strike destroyed the B1 bridge in Karaj, Iran's tallest bridge located 35km from Tehran, killing at least eight people and wounding 95 others. Trump claimed responsibility and warned of 'much more to follow,' while international law experts raised concerns about targeting civilian infrastructure as potential war crimes.
Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the influential grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, has become a central figure in ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Cuba, even as his grandfather faces a murder indictment in Miami related to a 1996 incident.
On July 24, 2026, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia notified the UN of the country's withdrawal from the ICC, alleging geographical bias against the Global South. Venezuela remains under active ICC investigation into its armed forces and government officials.
