the russian president Vladimir Putin wants to attend an economic summit next month in South Africabut the country is trying to persuade him not to come to avoid the legal and diplomatic problems that would cause, declared the South African vice president. “It is a dilemma for us. Of course we can’t arrest him.”Vice President […]
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EU Presidency calls for war crimes court after mass graves in Ukraine
The Czech presidency of the European Union (EU) called on Saturday to create an international court to judge war crimesafter the discovery of hundreds of bodies near Izium, a city in eastern Ukraine recently released from russian forces. “In the 21st century, such attacks against the civilian population are unthinkable and hateful,” Czech Foreign Minister […]