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Israel challenges Syria’s new leaders with demand for demilitarization of south newsthirst.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded the complete demilitarisation of much of southern Syria. It is an announcement that could make conflict between Israel and the new leadership in Syria, after the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad, more likely. In a speech to Israeli military cadets on Sunday, Netanyahu said that Israel would not…

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East and southern African leaders urge immediate ceasefire after summit newsthirst.

Sammy Awami BBC News Reporting fromDar es Salaam EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Rwandan President Paul Kagame (second from the left) attended the summit in Dar es Salaam Leaders from east and southern Africa have called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire to end the deadly fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a crisis summit in Tanzania,…

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for ‘persecuting Afghan girls and women’ newsthirst.

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls. Karim Khan said there were reasonable grounds to suspect Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani bore criminal responsibility for crimes…

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