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Freeing Delta Force Members Capricious and Abuse of Discretion

The decision by the Attorney General to file Nolle Prosequi dropping charges against the eight members of Delta Force...

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Ecuador ‘concerned’ Over Lack of Progress

Ecuador has voiced concern over the "serious lack of progress" by the Swedish government in dealing with Wikileaks...

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Angola To Hold Election On August 23

Angola's cabinet said on Monday that elections will be held on August 23 to choose a successor to President Eduardo dos...

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After Poll Defeat, Jakarta’s Christian Governor May Escape Jail

Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors Thursday recommended only...

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Afghan Activists Urge Progress In ICC War Crimes Probe

Afghan human rights groups urged the International Criminal Court on Wednesday to speed up a war crimes probe in their...

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S. Africa To Defend Failure To Arrest Bashir At ICC

War crimes judges will Friday hear why South Africa failed to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir during a 2015...

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Belgian Altar Boy Goes To Fight For ISIS, Then Returns On Welfare

With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy....

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Venezuela Moves To Defuse Supreme Court Powers Dispute

Venezuela's authorities have urged the Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling stripping congress of its powers, which...

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Venezuela’s Court Move Breaks Law, Maduro Ally Says

Venezuela's chief prosecutor, an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, has said the decision by the Supreme Court to take...

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ICC Prosecutor Warns On Spiralling DR Congo Violence

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned Friday against spiralling violence in the volatile...

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US-Iranian and Wife Charged Over Tehran Parties

A jailed US-Iranian and his wife have been formally charged with hosting parties in Tehran, while another couple were...

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Niger Puts 1,000 ‘Boko Haram Fighters’ On Trial

Niger has begun the trials behind closed doors of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement,...

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Mayor of Senegal Capital Charged With Fraud

The embattled mayor of Senegal's capital Dakar was on Tuesday charged with embezzlement of public funds and placed in...

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Senegalese Mayor Faces Investigation Over $2.85m Fraud

The mayor of Senegal's capital is facing a judicial probe into the disappearance of 1.83 billion CFA francs ($2.85...

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Kim Jong-Nam Death: Two Women Charged With Murder

Latest: Ebola fighter, Time person of the year, dies in childbirth Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the...

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Two Women Charged With Murder

Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, have been charged with...

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Gambia To Remain In ICC, Notifies UN of Change

The Gambia's new government has asked the United Nations to halt the process of withdrawal from the International...

International

Romania To Withdraw Corruption Decree After Mass Protests

The Romanian government says it will withdraw a controversial decree that would have decriminalised some corruption...

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High Time All African States Have Left the Eurocentric ICC

Last October Burundi, South Africa and the Gambia declared they were withdrawing from the International Criminal Court...