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| Apr.7 |
Syria |
At least 70 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma
Map of Douma Syria At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta | |
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| Mar.31 |
Hague |
Mali jihadist faces war crimes charges at International Criminal Court |
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| Nov.29 |
Hague |
Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after taking poison in court Slobodan Praljak, 72, died in hospital after drinking poison during an appeal hearing in The Hague
| Nov.22 |
Hague |
Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide
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| Jul.16 |
Paris |
Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d'Hiv deportation of Jews |
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| May.15 |
Damascus |
Syria's Saydnaya prison crematorium hid killings, says US
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| Sep.24 |
UN Security Council |
US accuses Russia of 'barbarism' in Aleppo |
| Sep.20 |
Washington |
Syria conflict: US 'holds Russia responsible' for deadly aid attack |
| Sep.6 |
Aleppo |
Government helicopters 'drop chlorine' on Aleppo |
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| May.10 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladeshi Islamist leader hanged
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| Mar.24 |
Hague |
Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide
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| Feb.15 |
Northern Syria |
Hospital strike deliberate, says MSF |
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| Dec.28 |
South Korea |
'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement
| Dec.22 |
Northern Syria |
Russia air strikes 'killed 200 civilians' |
| Nov.21 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh hangs two over 1971 war crimes |
| May.2 |
Mosul |
Islamic State: Militants 'kill 300 Yazidi captives' |
| Apr.24 |
Armenia |
Armenia marks centenary of mass killings by Ottoman Turks
Ceremonies have been held in Armenia and around the world to mark the centenary of the start of mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
| Apr.12 |
Turkey |
Turkey anger at Pope Armenian 'genocide' claim |
| Apr.6 |
Iraq |
Mass graves of Iraqi soldiers killed by IS found in Tikrit |
| Jan.27 |
Poland |
On Auschwitz anniversary, leader warns Jews again targets
Ronald Lauder, stood before 300 survivors of the Nazis' most notorious death camp and asked world leaders to prevent another Auschwitz
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| Oct.29 |
Western Iraq |
Islamic State 'kills 30 Sunni tribesmen' in Iraq |
| Aug.24 |
Donbass |
Donetsk rebels parade captured soldiers
| Aug.6 |
Cambodia |
Top Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan have been jailed for life after being convicted by Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal of crimes against humanity
| Jul.18 |
Washington |
MH17 hit by missile from rebel-held Ukraine - Obama
| Jul.8 |
Gaza |
Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities after Gaza offensive
| Feb.8 |
Syria |
Aid convoy fired on in besieged Homs
| Jan.20 |
Syria |
Syria accused of systematic torture |
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| Dec.31 |
Aleppo |
Rocket sets bus afire, killing 25 |
| Dec.25 |
Tokyo |
Japan PM visits Yasukuni shrine |
| Dec.2 |
UN |
UN implicates Assad in war crimes |
| Aug.26 |
Damascus |
Syria: U.N. team comes under sniper fire
| Aug.23 |
Texas |
Fort Hood gunman Hasan convicted |
| Jun.13 |
Washington |
White House: Syria crosses 'red line'
| May.14 |
Syria |
Video: Syrian rebel cutting out, eating heart |
| May.6 |
Syria |
Evidence Syria rebels 'used sarin'
| May.3 |
Northern Syria |
'Dozens killed' in Syria village |
| Apr.25 |
Washington |
US suspects Syria of chemical attack
US intelligence agencies believe 'with varying degrees of confidence' that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels
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| Oct.15 |
Hague |
Karadzic denies Bosnia war crimes |
| Aug.1 |
Aleppo |
Video: Syrian rebels execute Assad loyalists |
| Jul.12 |
Syria |
'Mass killing' in Syria village
| Jun.6 |
Syria |
New 'massacre' in central Syria |
| May.26 |
Syria |
U.N. observers see bodies of 92 dead in massacre
More than 92 people, including 32 children younger than 10, were killed Friday by artillery and tank shells in the Syrian village of Houla
| May.16 |
Hague |
Long-awaited Mladic war crimes trial begins |
| Apr.26 |
Netherlands |
Charles Taylor aided S Leone war crimes
| Apr.7 |
Syria |
127 dead as Syrian forces target civilians
| Mar.14 |
Afghanistan |
Soldier accused of Afghan killings flown out of country |
| Mar.10 |
Kandahar |
US soldier kills Afghan civilians
| Feb.29 |
Syria |
Syria troops 'advancing in Homs' |
| Feb.27 |
Syria |
Opposition: 64 killed at Homs checkpoint
| Jan.23 |
Paris |
Senate passes Armenian genocide bill
| Jan.11 |
Washington |
Video shows alleged U.S. Marine abuse
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| Oct.14 |
Washington |
US troops to aid Uganda battle |
| Sep.25 |
Libya |
Grave may hold 1,200 bodies |
| May.31 |
Serbia |
Appeal fails; Mladic extradited to Hague |
| May.26 |
Serbia |
Mladic arrested after years on the run
Police have arrested former Serbian military commander Ratko Mladic, the highest-ranking war crimes suspect still at large from the Balkan w...
| May.16 |
UN Tribunal |
Arrest warrant sought for Gadhafi |
| May.1 |
Syria |
'Tanks firing' protest city of Daraa |
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| Oct.26 |
Baghdad |
Iraqi court sentences Tariq Aziz to death |
| Sep.7 |
Congo |
U.N.: Congo sex attacks exceed 500 |
| Aug.7 |
Northern Afghanistan |
Taliban kills medics, including Americans |
| Jul.25 |
Cambodia |
Former Khmer Rouge's Duch found guilty |
| Mar.27 |
Congo |
DR Congo rebel massacre is uncovered |
| Mar.4 |
House of Representatives |
Congress panel accuses Turks of genocide |
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| Nov.5 |
UN Gen. Assembly |
Gaza war probes get U.N. approval |
| Oct.26 |
UN Tribunal |
Karadzic boycotts start of trial |
| Jun.6 |
Baghdad |
U.S. contractors held in Green Zone killing |
| May.15 |
Washington |
Obama to resurrect military tribunals |
| May.11 |
Ohio |
Demjanjuk deported to Germany |
| Mar.4 |
Hague |
Arrest warrant issued for Sudan leader
The International Criminal Court at the Hague issued an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of viole...
| Feb.27 |
Bangladesh |
Troops find mass grave |
| Feb.26 |
UN Tribunal |
Serb ex-president cleared of war crimes |
| Jan.25 |
Netherlands |
Warlord Thomas Lubanga in landmark trial |
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| Dec.18 |
Tanzania |
Trio found guilty of Rwandan genocide |
| Jul.31 |
Netherlands |
Karadzic appears in war crimes court |
| Jul.21 |
Serbia |
Bosnia war criminal Karadzic arrested 
U.N. war crimes tribunal: Former Bosnian Serb president has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding
Radovan Karadzic, 63, accused of masterminding ethnic cleansing deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats. Karadzic was the Bosnian Serb political leader during the 1992-1995 war that followed Bosnia-Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia the time of the Srebrenica massacre and the 44-month siege of Sarajevo
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| Jul.14 |
Sudan |
President charged with genocide
| Apr.22 |
Darfur |
Darfur deaths 'could be 300,000' |
| Feb.19 |
Japan |
Marine suspected of rape |
| Jan.7 |
UN Tribunal |
Taylor war crimes trial resumes |
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| Oct.30 |
Myanmar |
Army 'recruiting children' |
| Oct.10 |
House of Representatives |
US bill on Armenia moves forward
| Oct.7 |
Darfur |
Army-controlled town razed
| Aug.3 |
Southern California |
Marine sentenced over Iraq murder |
| Jun.24 |
Baghdad |
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang |
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| Dec.21 |
Washington |
Marines charged in Haditha killings |
| Nov.3 |
Gaza |
Gunmen flee in human shield
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Baghdad |
83 bullet-riddled bodies found in city |
| Oct.25 |
Berlin |
Skull scandal 'disgusts' Germany
| Oct.12 |
Paris |
French in Armenia 'genocide' row
| Jun.21 |
USA |
8 U.S. troops charged with murder |
| Mar.16 |
Iraq |
U.S. probes 15 Iraqi civilian deaths |
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| Dec.30 |
Cairo |
Soldiers kill 20 Sudanese refugees
| Dec.8 |
Spain |
Croatian fugitive general seized |
| Dec.3 |
Lebanon |
20 bodies found in grave |
| Sep.26 |
Texas |
US soldier guilty of Iraq abuse |
| Jul.11 |
Bosnia |
50,000 mourn Srebrenica dead |
| Jun.5 |
UN Tribunal |
Khartoum facing war crimes probe |
| Jun.2 |
Serbia |
Serbia holds video 'executioners' |
| May.17 |
Uzbekistan |
Opposition says 745 died |
| Feb.23 |
United Kingdom |
Two soldiers guilty of Iraq abuse |
| Jan.26 |
Poland |
Leaders mark Auschwitz liberation Leaders from 30 countries gather to remember the victims of the Holocaust on the 60th anniversary
| Jan.24 |
Iraq |
Iraqi forces 'committing abuse' |
| Jan.14 |
Texas |
Iraq jail abuse 'leader' guilty |
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| Aug.31 |
Iraq |
Militants: 12 Nepalese 'killed' |
| Apr.30 |
Washington |
Iraq prison abuse sparks outrage A coalition military spokesman is 'disgusted' by photographs that apparently show U.S. soldiers abusing detainees
| Apr.21 |
Darfur |
UN to warn of Darfur 'atrocities' |
| Apr.16 |
Iraq |
Missing U.S. soldier on videotape |
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| Dec.14 |
Sunni Triangle |
Saddam captured Hundreds of Iraqis flooded the streets, firing guns into the air, singing, dancing and throwing candy into the air
| Aug.21 |
Iraq |
'Chemical Ali' in U.S. custody |
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| Jun.28 |
Belgrade |
Milosevic extradited to Hague Former President was taken from a prison in Belgrade, sent to the Bosnia, then arrived at The Hague. Kostunica protested
before year 2000
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| Jul. 11, 1995 |
Bosnia |
Srebrenica massacre
Map of Srebrenica Bosnia The killing of more than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War | |
| Apr. 7, 1994 |
Rwanda |
Rwandan Genocide A genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority | |
| May. 31, 1962 |
Israel |
Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel
Map of Ramla Israel A German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust | |
| Nov. 20, 1945 |
Bavaria |
Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal began
Map of Nuremberg Germany Series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, for the prosecution of prominent members of leadership of Nazi Germany
| Jan. 27, 1945 |
Poland |
Auschwitz concentration camp liberated
Map of Oswiecim Poland A network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany
| Apr. 26, 1937 |
Basque |
Guernica, Spain, destroyed by German aircraft
Map of Guernica Spain Bombing of Guernica, one of the first aerial bombings by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe. It inspired the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso.
| Feb. 1, 1917 |
Germany |
Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare Of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules
| May. 7, 1915 |
Ireland |
German submarine torpedoes the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland
Map of Old Head of Kinsale Ireland She was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew
| Apr. 24, 1915 |
Armenia |
Armenian Genocide The Ottoman government's systematic extermination of its minority Armenian subjects inside their historic homeland
| May. 20, 1631 |
Eastern Germany |
Magdeburg sacked