The March 1945 firebombing of Tokyo and the immorality of war
The U.S. attack on Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945, reinforces the reality that it usually is the civilians who suffer the most from the horrors of war.
International war crimes judges ruled Thursday that a probe into wartime abuses in Afghanistan must go ahead, including looking into possible atrocities committed by U.S. forces, as they overturned a previous court ruling. Pretrial judges at the Hague-based International Criminal Court last year rejected a ...
Darfuris rejoice as Sudan agrees to hand al-Bashir to ICC over war crimes and genocide charges
In Sudan's sprawling Camp Kalma, people who fled the Darfur conflict are overjoyed at a pledge by the country's new authorities to finally deliver ex-President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. Bashir, who was deposed in April 2019 following mass protests, has for the ...
U.S. Navy chief fired over handling of SEAL case involving Trump
The chief of the U.S. Navy on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over an elite SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) commando whose demotion for misconduct was reversed by the president. Richard Spencer was ousted as navy secretary, a civilian ...
U.S. Navy secretary backs SEAL's expulsion review, despite Trump objection
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said on Friday a navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct should face a board of peers weighing whether to oust him from the elite force, despite President Donald Trump's assertion that he not be expelled. "I believe the process matters ...
Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, whose rank was recently restored by President Donald Trump in a controversial move, could be removed from the U.S. Navy SEALs, officials said Tuesday. Gallagher, a SEAL team platoon leader, was accused of committing war crimes while deployed in Iraq ...
President Donald Trump's special envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that U.S. forces had seen evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces in Syria, during their recent offensive against Kurds. "We haven't seen widespread evidence of ethnic cleansing" by Turkey, but there had been reports ...
U.S. levels sanctions on Turkey, including steel tariffs, as Syria incursion escalates
US President Donald Trump on Monday authorized sanctions on Turkey's leaders, reimposed steel tariffs and ended trade negotiations to protest Ankara's offensive into Syria. "I am fully prepared to swiftly destroy Turkey's economy if Turkish leaders continue down this dangerous and destructive path," Trump said ...
U.N. alleges possible war crime as Libya gunmen cut water pipeline to besieged Tripoli
Gunmen have cut off the main water pipeline to Libya's besieged capital, Tripoli, spelling more misery for residents already reeling from weeks of fighting. The United Nations said the water blockage was a possible war crime as Libya's internationally recognized government accused forces loyal to ...
Myanmar military denies any atrocities against Rohingya, replaces general in charge of Rakhine
Myanmar's army released a report on Monday denying all allegations of rape and killings by security forces, having days earlier replaced the general in charge of the operation that drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. No reason was given for Maj. ...
Iraq not equipped to try Islamic State over atrocities in Mosul, against Yazidis: U.N.
Iraq is not capable of trying atrocities committed by Islamic State during the battle for Mosul so it must find other routes to justice such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), a U.N. human rights report said on Thursday. At least 2,521 civilians were killed ...
Syria investigator del Ponte quits, blames U.N. Security Council for lack of backing
A member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because a lack of political backing from the U.N. Security Council had made the job impossible, Swiss national news agency SDA reported. Carla del Ponte, 70, who prosecuted war ...
