• Syria peace talks set for Nov 23 - Arab League

    Oct 19
    Arab League Chief Nabi al-Arabi has said on Sunday that the date for the much awaited Syrian peace conference has been set for the 23rd of November in Geneva.

    Speaking to reporters in Cairo after meeting with international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, al Arabib said,
  • Bloody Sunday soldiers could face prosecution

    Police are preparing investigations into the massacres of Bloody Sunday, over 40 years ago.

    Up to 26 British soldiers could face murder charges for the shooting of unarmed Irish marchers, reported The  Sunday Times.

    The Ministry of Defence is reported to have hired lawyers to represent the soldiers, who are now in their sixties and seventies.

  • Alleged Bosnian war criminals detained

    Eight Serbian men suspected of  taking part in looting, expulsions and killings of civilians between 1992-1995 were detained by Bosnian police today.

  • Saudi Arabia rejects UN Security Council seat

    Saudi Arabia has rejected a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, saying the body needed to reform first.

    The gulf state was voted on to one of the 10 rotating seats but turned it down over the organisations failure to act appropriately in Syria.

  • China to invest in British nuclear plants

    Chancellor George Osborne has announced that Chinese companies will be allowed to invest in nuclear plants in Britain and may eventually be able to own majority stakes.

  • Over 60 killed in bombs across Iraq
    More than 60 people have been killed in bomb attacks across Iraq in mainly Shia areas, as the Eid al-Adha holiday was being celebrated.

    No one has yet to claim responsibility for the attacks, with violence reaching the highest levels in the country since 2008. Almost 1,000 people were killed in September alone.
  • Charles Taylor arrives in UK for prison sentence
    Convicted Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor, arrived in Britain on Tuesday morning, to serve out the remainder of his 50-year sentence for war crimes in prison.

    The former Liberian President is the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II, having been found guilty of 11 charges from Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 conflict.
  • Closing statements in Khmer Rouge war crimes trial
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  • Former Hungarian official charged for war crimes

    Hungarian prosecutors, today, charged a former Communist Party official for war crimes committed during the anti-Soviet uprising in 1956.

  • Putin opponent escapes jail
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  • Republican proposal rejected

    A proposal from Republicans in the House of Representatives has been rejected by Democrats, continuing the shutdown of the federal government.

    The proposal would have raised the debt ceiling beyond the current $16.7tn, but Democrats rejected the suggested amendments to Obama’s healthcare law.

  • HRW urges Australian PM to take stronger stance on human rights in Asia

    In a letter addressed to the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, Human Rights Watch urged Abbott to discuss rights issues with Asian leaders, and refrain from giving them a ‘free pass’.

  • Another pearl in the string…in Manchester

    Manchester’s airport is going to see a huge transformation worth £800m, partly funded by a Chinese construction company.

    George Osborne, currently on a tour of China, announced the deal between Beijing Construction Engineering Group, Manchester Airports Group (MAG), UK construction group Carillion, and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund which will see ‘Airport City’ being built by 2028, creating over 16,000 jobs.

  • Syria joins UN chemical weapons convention
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  • Syrian opposition not ready to negotiate with Assad

    The largest group in Syria’s opposition coalition says it will not take part in the proposed United Nations peace negotiations arranged in Geneva.

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