TAG · Law & Justice
June 1 marks significant historical milestones across more than 140 years, including the 2020 clearing of Lafayette Square protesters, the 1962 execution of Adolf Eichmann, and the 1968 death of Helen Keller, United Press International…
3 MIN READActing U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Wednesday that former Cuban President Raúl Castro, now 94, has been indicted on murder, conspiracy and aircraft‑destruction charges for ordering the 1996 shootdown of two civilian exile…
3 MIN READThe U.S. Justice Department is seeking an indictment against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, prosecutors say. The case revives…
3 MIN READFélicien Kabuga, accused of financing Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, died Thursday in a hospital in The Hague while in United Nations custody, the U.N. court said. He was over 90 and had been ruled unfit to stand trial in 2023 due to dementia.
3 MIN READFélicien Kabuga, a suspect accused of bankrolling the 1994 Rwandan genocide, died Thursday in a hospital in The Hague while in custody, a U.N. court said. He was in his 90s and had been in legal limbo since 2023 after judges ruled he was…
3 MIN READGunfire erupted late Wednesday in the Philippine Senate as authorities tried to arrest Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, a former national police chief wanted by the International Criminal Court. Officials said no one was hurt, and President…
3 MIN READGunfire erupted Wednesday at the Philippine Senate as authorities sought to arrest a lawmaker wanted by the International Criminal Court on a charge of murder as a crime against humanity, the Associated Press reported. No one was hurt…
3 MIN READThe European Union imposed sanctions on 16 Russian officials and seven indoctrination centers accused of abducting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, forcing many to change their identities, and placing others for adoption. The…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump’s statements about his administration’s plans for Iran — including threats to target bridges and power infrastructure — have prompted international-law questions about whether such actions could violate laws of armed…
3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump said Monday he could target Iran’s power plants and bridges in a bid to force it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an approach that legal experts say could violate laws of armed conflict. A United Nations spokesman…
4 MIN READBelgian court ordered the trial of 93-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon for his alleged role in the 1961 killing of Congo independence icon Patrice Lumumba, AP reported March 17, citing Belgian media. The Belgian federal…
3 MIN READThe United States will intervene in a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice that South Africa filed, arguing the accusations are false and warning a ruling against Israel could undermine international law. In a…
3 MIN READIsrael’s military said it has dropped charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault at a wartime prison in 2024. The case, involving allegations that were partially…
3 MIN READThe United States will intervene in a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice that South Africa brought at the United Nations’ highest court, the U.S. said in a filing. The filing argues that South Africa’s…
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Satellite imagery, expert analysis and a statement from a U.S. official point to a United States airstrike as the cause of a Feb. 28 explosion that killed more than 165 people, most of them girls, at a primary school in southern Iran, the…
6 MIN READA U.S. submarine's torpedo attack that killed at least 87 people aboard the Iranian warship IRIS Dena did not violate international or American military law, legal experts said. The strike took place in international waters in the Indian…
4 MIN READFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday his office is reopening a long-dormant state-level criminal investigation into former Cuban leader Raul Castro’s alleged role in the February 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue…
3 MIN READThe Greek government has acquired the first verified photographs documenting the May 1, 1944 Nazi mass execution of 200 prisoners at the Kaisariani firing range in Athens, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced Thursday, after purchasing…
5 MIN READCongolese authorities and a civil society group said they found two mass grave sites in areas of Uvira in eastern Congo that M23 rebels have withdrawn from. South-Kivu Governor Jean-Jacques Purusi said the graves contain at least 171 dead…
3 MIN READThe U.N. Security Council on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces accused of atrocities in Darfur, including actions that U.N. experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.” The designations follow a…
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