UN calls East Jerusalem settlement plan a 'war crime'

The UN human rights office has described Israel's decision to build a new settlement near East Jerusalem as a "war crime".

Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions kill 652 — top investigator - TASS

More than 650 people, including 23 children, have been killed in Ukrainian attacks on Russia's borderline and rearmost regions, with nearly 3,000 injured, Russian Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin told TASS in an interview.

Ukraine offers humanitarian corridor for Russian civilians trapped in seized border areas

Ukraine said Thursday it was ready to open a humanitarian corridor to let hundreds of Russian civilians living in border areas seized by its army return to Russian-controlled territory, if Moscow requests one.

Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam

"Of the meager 34 trucks of food and water given permission to enter the North Gaza Governorate over the last 2.5 months, deliberate delays and systematic obstructions by the Israeli military meant that just twelve managed to distribute aid to starving Palestinian civilians," Oxfam said in a statement, in a count that included deliveries through Saturday.

ICC loses legitimacy after issuing arrest warrant for Netanyahu, says top Israeli diplomat

 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has lost all legitimacy after issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said.

Russian Security Council dismisses ICC’s decision about Shoigu as 'hot air'

The Russian Security Council dismissed the decision of a pre-trial chamber at the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for the agency’s secretary, Sergey Shoigu, as a part of the West’s hybrid war that has no legal effect.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian officials over attacks on "civilian targets"

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. 

Iranian Spokesman Calls US Attempt to Provide Immunity for Israeli War Criminals ‘Shameful’

 The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry described as shameful and heinous the attempts by US lawmakers to provide immunity for the Israeli regime’s officials sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their war crimes in Gaza.

Burial Sites of Tortured Civilians Discovered in Avdeyevka - Russian Investigative Committee

Burial sites of civilians showing signs of torture have been discovered in the city of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Investigators have begun an investigation, the Investigative Committee of Russia reports.

Russia vows punishment for all those behind Kiev regime’s crimes — Kremlin

Russia will bring everyone responsible for the crimes of the Kiev regime to justice, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Ukrainian troops committed numerous war crimes against civilians in Avdeyevka

 Ukrainian troops committed numerous war crimes in Avdeyevka, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Head Denis Pushilin stated on air in a Rossiya-24 television broadcast.

Jordan says Israeli ‘war crimes’ to blame for regional tensions

Jordan said on Friday Israeli “war crimes” against Palestinians were to blame for heightened regional tension and violence in the Red Sea which it said threatened to ignite a wider war in the Middle East.

Israel will commit a war crime flooding underground tunnels in Gaza - Russia UN

Israel's flooding of underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip would be a war crime, Dmitry Polyansky, the first ambassador of the Russian Federation to the UN, said at the meeting of the UN Security Council.

Four Russian soldiers charged with war crimes for torturing US citizen in Ukraine

Four Russian soldiers have been charged with war crimes for allegedly abducting and torturing a US citizen living in Ukraine, officials said.

ICC prosecutor vows to 'further intensify' Gaza probe

 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court vowed Sunday to step up efforts to investigate alleged war crimes, as he wrapped up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. 

Russia says co-existence not possible with Ukraine’s current ‘regime’

Russia cannot co-exist with the current “regime” in Kyiv but Moscow can resist the might of NATO for as long as it needs to fully demilitarize Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.

UN rights chief says war crimes committed by both parties in Israel-Hamas conflict

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday war crimes had been committed by both Israel and Hamas in the conflict that erupted just over a month ago.

The King of Jordan reacts to the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip a war crime

King Abdullah II of Jordan called the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip a war crime, the office of the Jordanian monarch said.

Russian senator blames Ukraine, West for journalist Zhuravlev’s death in Zaporozhye Region

The wounds of journalists and the death of RIA Novosti correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev in a Ukrainian cluster munitions strike prove that the assurances of the Americans and Ukrainians about the non-use of these weapons against civilians are lies, and therefore both Kiev and Washington equally share responsibility for this crime, Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev said on Saturday.

China proposes to call NATO the North Atlantic gangster organization

NATO should be renamed the North Atlantic Bandit Organization amid US actions to foment regional conflicts and manipulation of its allies, according to the Chinese newspaper Global Times following the alliance's summit in Vilnius.