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Croatia

War criminal in the Hague but still a war hero in Croatia

The suicide of a convicted war criminal has highlighted the dominance of nationalist narratives in Croatian politics and media.

Netherlands

Bosnian Croat courtroom suicide probed

The inquiry is focusing on whether someone helped former military commander Slobodan Praljak obtain the poison he swallowed in front of the Hague tribunal.

World News

Mixed reactions to Praljak appeal outcome

Some former prisoners of war say justice has only partially been done.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yugoslavia tribunal to hand down last judgement

Hague tribunal prepares to hand down its final verdict in the 1990s Bosnia conflict

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World News

Euroviews. View: Chemical weapons are becoming the new normal again, a century after World War I

The international community is sending a dangerous message to despots, dictators and terrorists the world over: stamping out chemical warfare is not a priority, writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

Serbia

Serbs divided over Mladic verdict

As Serbs try to come to terms with their history, the country remains divided over Mladic verdict

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide and jailed for life

The ex-Bosnian Serb general was on trial, accused of ordering the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ex Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic awaits verdict of war crimes trial

UN judges will decide next week the fate of the Bosnian Serb general, who's charged with war crimes in Bosnia during the 1990s.

Syria

Clear up of Raqqa could leave residents unable to return for at least three months

Syrian Democratic Forces say its will take at least three months until residents of Raqqa can return to the city after the US backed force declared victory over Islamic State there.

Iraq

Amal Clooney describes UN investigation into ISIL war crimes as step in the right direction

The human rights lawyer said the vote at the United Nations General Assembly represents an opportunity for victims of the militant group to "finally get their day in court".

Syria

UN Syrian Commission of Inquiry scathing about conduct of conflict by all sides

Civilians remain in extreme danger in Syria from all sides in conflict says latest UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria.

Mali

Ex-Islamist rebel liable for 2.7 million euros damages over Mali rampage

The ICC delivered a landmark compensation verdict over the destruction in Timbuktu

Syria

Battle for Raqqa: those fleeing city complain of lack of food and medicine in stifling summer heat

Syria

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit

Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quit commission

Iraq

Battle for Mosul amounts to possible war crimes - Amnesty report

Amnesty International accuses all sides in battle for Mosul of committing possible war crimes against civilians

Iraq

Universal condemnation follows ISIL's destruction of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque

"An admission of defeat" is how Iraq's PM greeted the news ISIL had destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul.

Central African Republic

UN fears growing war crimes in Central African Republic

Poland

Austrian suspected of war crimes in Ukraine is detained in Poland

An Austrian man suspected of war crimes in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists, has been arrested in Poland.

Germany

1945 liberation of Dachau Nazi camp remembered

The anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany is being marked.

France

French court refuses to extradite former Kosovan prime minister to Serbia

Ramush Haradinaj was a guerilla commander during the 1998-99 Kosovo war. He has been released with immediate effect.