Syria opposition fails to name team for Geneva II

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 18:03

The exiled Syrian opposition has failed to name its delegation to the planned Geneva II conference, a Syrian Foreign Ministry source was cited by local al-Watan newspaper as saying.

UN warns of `war crimes` in South Sudan

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 00:52

UN officials warned on Tuesday that the ethnic killings being carried out in South Sudan could amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity punishable under international law.

`Thousands` killed as South Sudan slides towards civil war

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 00:50

Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence with reports of bodies piled in mass graves, the UN said today, amid ongoing battles threatening to slide into civil war.

`Massacre, rapes, executions carried out in South Sudan`

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 00:46

South Sudanese soldiers have carried out a string of ethnic killings, following an outbreak of fighting more than a week ago, several eyewitnesses have said.

South Sudan Army readies to hit back at rebels

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 02:11

South Sudan`s Army was poised for a major offensive against rebel forces, the president said on Monday, as the country slid towards civil war despite international peace efforts.

South Sudan civil war fears grow as rebels reject talks

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 00:26

South Sudan rebels battling government forces rejected peace efforts on Thursday as the region scrambled to prevent world`s youngest state from collapsing.

Special Sri Lanka panel to probe war-disappeared people

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 19:49

An independent committee will be appointed to investigate the fate of over 11,000 people who disappeared during Sri Lanka`s brutal three-decade civil war, an official said here Thursday.

Syria jihadists torturing, killing detainees: Amnesty

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 09:46

Amnesty International accused an al Qaeda-linked jihadist group in Syria of abducting, torturing and killing detainees at secret prisons in areas under its control.

Violence spreads in South Sudan; fears of return to civil war

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 03:52

Violence in South Sudan is spreading, the UN said today, worsening a crisis that has seen hundreds killed this week in fierce fighting and prompting the US to evacuate Americans and other foreigners.

Cambodia say US auction house to return ancient Khmer statue

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:09

Cambodia announced that leading auction house Sotheby`s will return a 10th century Khmer statue worth up to USD 3 million said to have been looted during its civil war.

Remains of 163 Guatemala massacre dead given to families

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 10:18

The massacre, which unfolded in Dos Erres between December 6 and 8, 1982 during the decades-long civil war, occurred under the military regime of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who faces trial for genocide.

US warns Afghanistan of civil war

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 10:04

US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins has warned the Afghan government that failure to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) would lead to a civil war in Afghanistan, an official said Saturday.