9 h. ago British citizens who fought for Israel in Gaza should be tried for war crimes when they come home, Scottish Greens say

Scottish Green co-leader Ross Greer called on Scotland's top prosecutor - to 'make sure that every single one of these war criminals is arrested and prosecuted'.

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10 h. ago Scottish MSP demands Britons who fought for Israel be tried for war crimes

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer made the plea in his speech to the party’s conference in Edinburgh.

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3 d. ago Hegseth gets the JAGs off his back ahead of push into cities as Pentagon hobbles lawyers who raise concerns

Hegseth has long expressed disdain for military lawyers and support for soldiers accused of war crimes

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3 d. ago Nursing unions call for UK to back prosecutions for war crimes against health workers

Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decadeWar crimes targeting health workers, patients and facilities should be prioritised for international criminal prosecution, senior nursing and medical leaders have urged.The number of health workers killed annually in conflicts has jumped five-fold in less than a decade, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and British Medical Association (BMA) have called for action from the UK government to fully back international criminal court (ICC) prosecutions of perpetrators. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Crimea oil refinery burns as Russia feels effects on fuel supply

Glide bombs knock out power supply and hit hospital in Kharkiv; Zelenskyy lining up Trump meeting with Tomahawks hot topic. What we know on day 1,329An oil terminal at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula was burning on Monday after an attack by Ukrainian drones. A Ukrainian security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the drones, launched by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service and military special forces, hit at least five reservoirs. The source said drones also hit at least two Russian electrical substations on the peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014.Large heat signatures around the Feodosia terminal were visible on Nasa’s satellite fire monitoring service, Firms, and Crimea’s Moscow-installed governor confirmed the fire. The Feodosia terminal also came under attack last week. Ukraine has launched more than 30 strikes on Russian energy sites since the beginning of August, aiming to hamper funding of the Kremlin’s war machine and also tri...

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1 week ago Palestine protestors shut down London Tower Bridge ahead of Downing Street march

Protestors stood on the bridge with colourful flares and chanted slogans like "get your hands of Palestine” and “Zionism is a crime” to mark two years since the war in Gaza began

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1 week ago ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocitiesThe international criminal court has convicted a leader of the Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago.It was the first time the court had convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur. The court ruled that the atrocities, including mass murders and rapes, were part of a government plan to snuff out a rebellion in the western region of Sudan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says Trump to deploy 400 National Guard troops from Texas to 'invade' liberal states

Pritzker revealed 400 members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to Illinois and Oregon , among other locations, to deal with anti-ICE protesters and Trump's war on crime.

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1 week ago French photojournalist, 37, is killed by Russian drone while on an assignment on Ukraine's front line

French prosecutors said on Sunday they had opened a 'war crimes' investigation after a drone killed a French photojournalist on assignment in war-torn eastern Ukraine.

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2 w. ago Australian accused of Afghanistan war crime pleads not guilty but trial held until at least 2027

A prosecutor has told a court an Australian soldier charged with a war crime in Afghanistan won't stand trial until at least 2027

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2 w. ago Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila is sentenced to death for war crimes and treason

Joseph Kabila, 54, was convicted in absentia by a high military court following accusations he collaborated with anti-government rebels.

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2 w. ago Former DRC president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia

Military court convicts Kabila of war crimes, treason and other offences in verdict that could fuel enduring tensionsA military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced the country’s former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes, treason and crimes against humanity.The case stems from his alleged role in backing the advance of M23 rebels supported by Rwanda in DRC’s volatile eastern provinces. Kabila, who led the country from 2001 to 2019, has denied wrongdoing and said the judiciary had been politicised. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago War in Ukraine driving criminal gangs to target rural farm machinery for ‘lucrative rewards’

Organised crime gangs are suspected of stealing farm machinery to be trafficked out of the UK’s ports and destined for eastern Europe

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3 w. ago Recognising statehood is the minimum – now the EU must protect Palestine with money

As Europe’s socialist leaders, we call for a trade deal and aid package for Palestine – along with sanctions on Israel to halt the genocideApplause rang out through the UN general assembly this month after it endorsed the so-called New York declaration on the revival of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. Adopted by a large majority, 142 countries, this initiative from France and Saudi Arabia offers a rare glimmer of hope in one of the most devastating crises of our time.Separately, the conclusions of the UN commission of inquiry have echoed what human rights organisations and genocide experts have been warning for months: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. As the ground invasion of Gaza City intensifies, the international community has a legal and moral obligation to act. This includes the immediate imposition of sanctions on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to halt war crimes.Pedro Sánchez is the president of the Socialist International, secretary general of PS...

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3 w. ago Ross McGill's violent drugs war "caused Scotland's major gangs to self destruct"

A former police chief says a violent drugs war involving crime boss Ross McGill has caused Scotland's major crime gangs to self destruct, played into the hands of police and creating an opening for foreign criminals to takeover.

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