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A Paris court has sentenced three high-ranking Syrian officials in absentia to life in prison for complicity in war crimes in a landmark case against the regime of Syria’s President Bashar Assad and the first such case on European soil

On May 20, Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced that he has applied for arrest warrants for five Israeli and Hamas leaders. These include Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant. This dramatic development marks the first time leaders of a western…

The opposition leader has floated withdrawing Australia from the world's top criminal court after taking issue with prosecutors pursuing Israeli leaders.

It is disappointing, if not surprising, that the west’s response to the ICC accusations is to defend Israel despite its war crimes

Government urges ‘free world’ to oppose warrants against Netanyahu and defence minister for war crimes in Gaza

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, is seeking arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas officials. Khan says he has “reasonable grounds to believe” the individuals bear responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Three officials are being tried in absentia over the deaths of two French Syrian men arrested in Damascus in 2013.

Three Syrian officials go on trial Tuesday in a Paris court for crimes linked to the disappearance and death of two French-Syrian men—the first trial of high-ranking officials of the Syrian regime over war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the country's civil war.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken the landmark step of requesting arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the Gaza war and the October 7 attack.