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Afghan calls for justice as Roberts-Smith stews in cell

There are hopes the prosecution of Australia's most decorated living soldier will spark a global reckoning on crimes committed in a war-torn nation.

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If Trump commits war crimes in Iran, he can be prosecuted

There is no question that Trump’s threats, if carried out, would amount to war crimes. The international justice system is positioned to act

The Guardian - US

Trump urged in desperate, 11th-hour pleas not to go through with Iran ‘civilisation will die' threat

The US president has threatened to destroy power plants and bridges in Iran if Tehran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz

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First Thing: Israel tells Iranians their lives are at risk if they use trains as Trump deadline looms

Legal experts say an attack on civilian infrastructure would constitute a war crime. Plus, the US origins of Mexico’s toxic waste problem

The Guardian - UK

Trump says he is ‘not at all’ worried about committing war crimes in Iran

The US president has threatened to bomb energy facilities in Iran if the regime does not meet his deadline

The Independent UK

Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of 5 war crime murder charges. How did we get here?

After landing in Sydney airport following a flight from Brisbane, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested by Australian Federal Police. He’s been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, following a years-long joint investigation between police and the Office of the Special Investigator.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged war crimes; Trump’s Iran deadline nears; and the appeal of barefoot hiking

Roberts-Smith previously failed in his attempt to sue three newspapers which published allegations he murdered unarmed civilians and bullied comrades

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Disgraced Australian veteran to be charged with five war crime murders

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The Independent UK

Australia’s most decorated soldier arrested over war crimes allegations in Afghanistan

Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of murdering civilians and ordering subordinates to carry out executions

The Independent UK

Former Australian soldier charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

A former Australian soldier has been charged with war crimes on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012

The Independent UK

Ben Roberts-Smith arrested and facing 5 war crime murder charges

Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on Tuesday and will face five charges of the war crime of murder allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.

The Conversation

Ben Roberts-Smith arrested: former Australian soldier charged with five war crime murders in Afghanistan

Roberts-Smith previously failed in his attempt to sue three newspapers which published allegations he murdered unarmed civilians and bullied comrades

The Guardian - AU

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

The Guardian - UK

‘In Trump We Trust’ author accused the man she once worshipped of war crimes, legal experts say she’s right

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The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘Stone Ages’ threat against Iran harks back to a notorious Vietnam War declaration

ANALYSIS: President’s channeling of legendary Strategic Air Command boss Curtis LeMay in his bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ rhetoric is part of a longstanding campaign to delegitimize modern laws of war ... but ignores LeMay’s own judgments that his preferred tactics would be war crimes, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Times of India

Russia attacks Ukraine with drones: 5 killed, 19 injured as strikes hit Nikopol market

A Russian drone strike on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, resulted in at least five deaths and 19 injuries, including a critically wounded 14-year-old girl. The prosecutor general's office condemned the attack as a war crime. This incident follows a pattern of increased Russian strikes on Ukraine, with other attacks…

The Guardian - UK

Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure?

International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions

The Independent UK

Trump accused of ‘war crimes’ by United Nations chief

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Radio France Internationale

War crimes complaint filed in France over 2024 deadly Beirut building strike

A complaint filed in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment building that killed seven civilians, including the parents of a French-Lebanese artist, hours before a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect in November 2024.

The Independent UK

UN chief tells Trump ‘war is not a game show’ after US bombs civilian targets in Iran

The UN’s under secretary general for humanitarian affairs has accused the US president of war crimes by bombing bridges and threatening further attacks on Iran’s infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon

Lebanese-French man Ali Cherri demands investigation into Beirut bombing as possible war crime against civilians

The Independent UK

Iran recruiting children as young as 12 to ‘defend the homeland’ in new campaign

Rights groups have warned that recruiting children for military roles could amount to a war crime

The Guardian - UK

Funeral held for three journalists killed by Israeli strike in Lebanon

Lebanese government calls killings a ‘blatant war crime’ while Israel says primary target was a Hezbollah ‘terrorist’

The Conversation

Ukraine’s stolen children expose the lies at the heart of Russia’s four-year military assault

The United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine recently delivered a significant finding: Russia’s systematic removal and Russification of Ukrainian children constitutes both a war crime and a crime against humanity.

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The UN just dropped a war crime bombshell about the U.S. and Israel — and it’s not what their leaders want the world to hear

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