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Hezbollah reportedly threatens Beirut explosion investigator

On the one year anniversary of the event in August this year, Hezbollah’s leader called the investigation ‘politicised’.

ICC opens investigation into war crimes in Palestinian territories

Palestinians have welcomed the move which ICC says will be an independent and impartial probe into Israeli military actions in Gaza, Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and armed militant groups, “without fear or favour.”

British lawyer Karim Khan elected new ICC prosecutor

The new prosecutor's first tasks will include deciding the next steps on the probe into war crimes in Afghanistan and the hugely contentious investigation into the 2014 Israel-Palestinian conflict in Gaza.

Unrest continues in French city after assault on Chechen teenager

In France's eastern city of Dijon, the tension was sparked by an attack on a 16-year-old member of the Chechen community on June 10.

Norwegian tycoon arrested, suspected of killing missing wife

Tom Hagen, a media-shy real estate investor and owner of an electric company, was arrested on his way to work. Police believe Falkevik Hagen, who has never been found, had been killed and said they “cannot exclude a staged kidnapping to hide it.”

The 'massacre' of Italy's elderly nursing home residents

Covid-19 patients in Italy's virus epicentre of Lombardy were transferred to nursing homes by an official resolution with catastrophic consequences.

Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder

Former deputy head of Saudi Arabia's general intelligence and a former royal adviser among 20 suspects named by Istanbul prosecutor's office in its indictment over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

ICC to probe 'war crimes' in Palestinian territories

Israel and the United States have both refused to sign up to the International Criminal Court, which was set up in 2002 to be the only global tribunal trying the world's worst crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ghosn wants case dismissed over 'prosecutor misconduct'

Carlos Ghosn's lawyers have asked the Tokyo District Court to dismiss all charges against the former Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman, saying prosecutors colluded with government officials and Nissan executives to oust him from his post.

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder

Jury takes only a matter of hours to convict Guyger, 31, after six days of testimony over the September 2018 death. Cheers erupted in the courthouse as the verdict was announced.

Trump, Biden spar over Ukraine after whistleblower complaint

US Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, said he never spoke to his son about overseas business dealings and that President Trump "deserves to be investigated."

Police drop probe into French ambassador sexual assault claims

"An offence was committed, but I found the foreign ministry's response to be proportional to the seriousness of what happened," prosecutor says. Robby Judes was fired after two women said he groped them during an official visit to New Caledonia