Genocide

Islamic State committed genocide in Iraq against Yazidis: report

Islamic State militants committed genocide against Iraq's Yazidis in the north of the country and ca...

Nov 13, 2015 12:20 AM EST

U.N. to hold off on separate Afghan bombing probe for now

The United Nations said on Monday it would wait for the results of U.S., NATO and Afghan investigati...

Oct 05, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

Yemen says would join talks if Houthis publicly accept U.N. resolution

Yemen's exiled government said on Tuesday it was ready to join U.N.-sponsored talks, but only if its...

Sep 16, 2015 03:16 AM EDT

More than 200 feared dead in sinking of migrant boat

Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared ...

Aug 06, 2015 10:01 PM EDT

As Armenia marks 1915 massacre, Berlin calls it genocide

Armenia marked the centenary on Friday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple...

Apr 25, 2015 11:18 AM EDT

Life sentence for Rwanda's genocide-era justice minister upheld

Rwanda's high court on Friday upheld the life sentence of the s genocide-era justice minister, who w...

Feb 28, 2015 04:19 AM EST

Congo fails to meet U.N. deadline to remove generals linked to abuses

Democratic Republic of Congo failed to meet a U.N. deadline to remove two generals accused of rights...

Feb 14, 2015 08:45 AM EST

Rwanda suspends BBC's local radio service over genocide documentary

Rwanda has suspended the BBC's local radio service after the broadcaster aired a documentary that qu...

Oct 26, 2014 05:39 AM EDT

Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials

Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russi...

Sep 30, 2014 07:53 AM EDT

Rwanda court's forgotten men pose challenge to international justice

Justin Mugenzi was legally cleared of any role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. But an oversight in the in...

Sep 29, 2014 06:29 AM EDT

Beatrice Munyenyezi, African Who Lied About Her Role in Rwanda Genocide Faces Deportation From New Hampshire After Conviction

Beatrice Munyenyezi, a Rwandan woman living in New Hampshire, was convicted on Thursday of lying abo...

Feb 22, 2013 01:19 PM EST