• French journalists killed in Mali

    Nov 01
    Two French journalists have been killed in northern Mali, where French troops intervened and have been driving back Islamist militants for most of the year.

    Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, journalists for Radio France Internationale, were kidnapped on Saturday near in Kidal, a town near the Algerian border. Their bullet-ridden bodies were discovered a short time later on the outskirts of the town.
  • Pakistani Taliban leader killed in CIA drone strike

    The leader of Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in an American Central Intteligence Agency (CIA) drone strike today.

  • Israeli jets strike Syria
    US officials have confirmed that Israel has carried out air strikes in Syria, allegedly targeting weapons which were to be sent to Hezbollah.

    The strike was carried out in Latakia, a stronghold of beseiged Syria President Bashar al-Assad, where Russian made missiles were reportedly being prepared to be sent to the Lebanese organisation.
  • ICC delays Kenyatta trial
    The trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the International Criminal Court, has been delayed until next year, after prosecutors stated they need more time to prepare their case.

    Proceedings will now begin on February 5th instead of November 12th, although the Kenyan government want it pushed back even further.
  • M23 rebels lose town to DRC army

    Bunagana, a town in the east of the democratic Republic of Congo, has been captured from M23 rebels by the army.

    "Bunagana is completely under our control. We had been fighting since the early morning," DR Congo's government spokesman Lambert Mende told the AFP news agency.

  • Amnesties can never be applied to genocide' - AI
    The international human rights organisation Amnesty International has expressed concern over developments in Guatemala, where former President Effrain Ríos Montt is reportedly being considered for an amnesty by the country's Constitutional Court, after being found guilty of genocide.
  • Australian helicopters used in 'genocidal' crackdown
    The Asian Human Rights Commission has claimed that Australia supplied heicopters to Indonesia, which were then used against civilians in West Papau in the 1970's, in a "genocidal" crackdown.

    According to a report released by the organisation, two Iroquois helicopters suplied by Australia, were used by the Indonesian military in 1977 ad 1978. They were used as part of a campaign against the pro-independence Free Papau Movement.
  • Suspected drone strike kills top Somalian militants

    Two senior commanders with al-Shabab have been killed in an air strike that targeted their car in southern Somalia.

    Villagers told the BBC that it was probably a drone strike that killed the militants.

  • Second Romanian commander charged with genocide
    Prosecutors in Romania have charged a second man with genocide, for his role in running a communist-era prison in the country.

    85-year-old Ion Ficor was the commander of the Periprava labour camp from 1958-1963, and was charged after 5 skeletons were discovered from unmarked graves near the prison site.
  • Tehran removes anti-American posters
    As Iran and the USA gear up for talks over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has removed a spate of anti-American posters that were posted across the city.
  • Kurdish fighters seize border crossing
    Syrian Kurdish fighters have siezed a border crossing into Iraq, after fierce battles with Al-Qaeda linked jihadist groups, according to reports.

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had said the Kurds
    "took control of the Al-Yaarubia border crossing with Iraq at dawn after clashes with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Al-Nusra Front and other rebels".
  • Clashes near Goma

    Heavy fighting has broken out between Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers and M23 rebels near the eastern city of Goma.

    The clashes came after the breakdown of peace talks between the groups in Uganda.

  • Guerilla memorials erected in Bosnia
    Protesting the denial of war crimes by Bosnian authorities, activists erected 'guerrilla memorials' overnight in three towns across the country.

    Bearing the text "So that it never happens again. In memory of the victims of war crimes committed in the area of (Foca, Bugojno or Konjic)" the memorials were dedicated to Serbs, Muslims and Croats killed in the 1992-5 war.

    An activist from a multi-ethnic group said:
  • ICC rejects Ruto appeal

    The International Criminal Court has decided to require Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto to attend most of his trial.

    His defence had argued that he was needed in Kenya after the attacks on a Nairobi shopping centre and that his trial for crimes against humanity could continue without him present.

  • Falling from grace'

    See extracts from a blog post by Channel 4's Paul Mason below. For full post click here.

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