A court in Stockholm convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity, and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority, sentencing her to 12 years in prison. 

The woman, identified as 52-year-old Swedish citizen Lina Ishaq, returned to Sweden in 2020 and is currently serving time for other offences committed in Syria. 

Hamas said it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. 

Ceremonies marking the National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe took place all over Italy, commemorating the killings and forced exodus of people of Italian descent from the Istria and Dalmatia regions of Croatia and Slovenia towards the end of World War II and after.   

“Remembering does not mean recrimination or even revenge,” Tajani said, underlining the importance of Slovenia and Croatia as Italy’s partners in the Balkans. 

A Syrian whistleblower, who smuggled tens of thousands of pictures depicting torture under Bashar Assad, on Thursday revealed his identity for the first time, two months after the longtime ruler was toppled.

“I am First Lt. Farid Al-Madhan, the (former) head of the forensic evidence department at the military police in Damascus, known as Caesar,” he said in a televised interview with Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera.

Sam Nujoma, the revolutionary leader who guided Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has died at 95. 

Hailed as Namibia’s “founding father”, Nujoma passed away on Saturday night following a three-week hospitalization in the capital, Windhoek, according to the Namibian presidency. 

Indian security forces have killed at least 31 suspected Maoist rebels in the forests of the central state of Chhattisgarh, police said, in its biggest encounter this year. 

Montenegro’s Special State Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday re-opened four cases of war crimes committed in that country during the 1990s. 

It announced that criminal cases were being formed in connection with war crimes in Morinj, Bukovica, Kaludjerski laz, and the deportation of refugees from Herceg Novi.  

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the territory of its population. 

Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes against the proposal, warning it would put its peace deal with Israel at risk, officials said. 

Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by destroying a family home that came to symbolize the country’s independence. 

The attack was sparked by a speech Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighboring India, where she fled last year during a deadly student-led uprising against her 15-year rule. Critics had accused her of suppressing dissent. 

Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Bukavu.