War crimes

War crimes

An Israeli tank takes position near the ceasefire line between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syria, on the Israeli side. Photo: Reuters

Some Israeli actions in Syria may amount to war crimes, UN probe says

UN investigators have warned that Israel’s expanding military presence in southern Syria and the detention of civilians could amount to war crimes.

Women sit at a home, which was damaged by a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?

The Shajareh Tayyebeh School website posted colorful drawings created by the students and was filled with photos of children. School website/Wayback Machine. Photo collage by John Emerson/REUTERS

Visual Investigation: Bombed Iranian girls' school had vivid website and yearslong online presence

Bangladesh Supreme Court. Photo: Collected

Apex court verdict on 1971 war crimes convict Akram’s appeal tomorrow

A visitor walks past the White House and a new flag pole installed on the North Lawn in Washington, DC, US, June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo

White House wants deep cut in US funding for war crimes investigations, sources say

Members of Gonotantrik Chhatra Jote and Shahbagh Birodhi Oikya during an altercation over Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam's acquittal in Chattogram on 28 May 2025. Photo: TBS

15 injured as leftist students, 'anti-Shahbaghis' clash in Ctg during protest over Azharul's acquittal

Photo of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami press conference at the Muktijoddha Hall of the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh (IDEB) in the capital's Kakrail on Tuesday, 27 May 2025. Photo: TBS

Jamaat chief claims 11 party leaders were subjected to judicial killings through false cases

File photo of jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam

Appeal hearing in Jamaat leader Azharul's war crimes case adjourned until Thursday

The form and the Wind Villa Hotel in Kyoto. Photo: Collected

Israeli tourist in Japan asked to sign war crimes declaration at Kyoto hotel

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands February 12, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

ICC prosecutor sees 'no real effort' by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes

The Supreme Court building in Dhaka. File Photo: BSS

SC to hear Azhar's review plea against war crimes conviction on 23 January

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (not pictured) during the 2024 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, US, August 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/ File Photo

Australia to strip medals from veterans after alleged war crimes

Palestinians fleeing north Gaza move southward as Israeli tanks roll deeper into the enclave, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, November 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File photo

'Immense' scale of Gaza killings amount to crime against humanity, UN inquiry says