
Los Angeles: The makers of the viral "Kony 2012" video that drew world attention to a violent rebel campaign by fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony released a new film on Thursday, pushing back against criticism that their work oversimplified a long-running conflict. The video, shot in the same energetic and idealistic style as the viral hit, encourages viewers to see themselves as global citizens in a close-knit world that needs...

08:00 AM, Apr 06, 2012

Amsterdam: The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Sunday Saif al-Islam, the son of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, had been arrested in Libya. "Saif was captured in Libya," prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Reuters. "We have confidential information from different sources that we have within Libya confirming this. "It is very important to make clear there is an obligation to surrender Saif to the ICC in accordance with the Security Council resolution."...

07:00 AM, Aug 22, 2011

Tripoli: A defiant Muammar Gaddafi threatened on Friday to carry out attacks in Europe against "homes, offices, families," unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya. The Libyan leader, sought by the International Criminal Court for brutally crushing an uprising against him, delivered the warning in an audio message played to thousands of supporters gathered in the main square of the capital Tripoli. It was one...

01:16 AM, Jul 02, 2011

United Nations: The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has said that he is investigating whether Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi provided Viagra-type drugs to Libyan soldiers to promote the rape of women during the current conflict. Luis Moreno Ocampo said on Wednesday his office is collecting evidence on rapes and has become "more convinced" that Gaddafi decided to punish women by using rape as a weapon, which would be...

03:13 AM, Jun 09, 2011

The Hague/Tripoli: The world's top war crimes prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of killing protesters who want an end to end his four-decade rule. International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo also asked judges, who must now see if there is enough evidence to issue warrants, for the arrest of Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam and his spy chief brother-in-law Abdullah al-Senussi. In the uprising,...

07:02 AM, May 17, 2011

The Hague: The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Monday that he had requested arrest warrants for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and the country's spy chief on charges of crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had said earlier in May that he would seek three arrest warrants for the "pre-determined" killing of protesters in Libya following UN Security Council referral of the violence to the Hague-based...

04:54 PM, May 16, 2011

The Hague: Hair today, gone tomorrow. A judge has asked lawyers to shed their wigs next time they appear before her at the International Criminal Court. A handful of attorneys appeared Monday in traditional black gowns and white horsehair wigs for a preliminary hearing in a case dealing with violence after Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election. Justice Ekaterina Trendafilova paused briefly at the end of the hearing to pass a...

10:49 AM, Apr 19, 2011

President Bashir upset as International Criminal Court orders his arrest. ...

03:51 PM, Mar 25, 2009

Omar is the first sitting head of state to be indicted for crimes against humanity. ...

10:22 AM, Jul 15, 2008