Oskar Groening, a former Nazi SS officer known as the "accountant of Auschwitz," on Monday appealed the four-year jail sentence imposed on him last week. Groening's attorney has submitted an appeal in the German Federal Court of...
The US on Monday completed the re-opening of diplomatic ties with Cuba by converting the standing US Interests Section into the US Embassy Havana . The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba...
US President Barack Obama on Monday granted commuted sentences to 46 drug offenders in what he said was part of an effort by his administration to remedy the unfairness of the criminal justice system. In...
The Iranian Revolutionary Court began on Monday the third closed-door hearing for Jason Rezaian , a Washington Post correspondent accused of espionage for allegedly collecting confidential information, handing it to hostile governments, and acting...
Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua said Monday that the country would not participate in Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) hearings over a territory dispute with the Philippines. At issue are a number of...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for India's prime minister Narendra Modi to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to an employment exam corruption scandal....
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee said Monday that extremist groups' destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones could amount to war crimes. The committee noted particularly the Islamic State's (IS) destruction of the...
Egypt's chief prosecutor, Hisham Barakat , was killed Monday in Cairo by a car bomb attack on his convoy. Barakat's vehicle was attacked by a car outfitted with explosives that was remotely detonated when...
The State Administrative Court of Jakarta on Monday denied the clemency appeal of a French citizen sentenced to death on a drug trafficking charge. The appeal of Serge Atlaoui was an effort to reverse the...
A report released Monday by the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict found that both Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during the conflict. The 51 day Gaza...
