Israeli forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed an aid flotilla boat heading to Gaza, but the possible crimes aren’t grave enough to merit a prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC), its prosecutor said yesterday.

Israeli forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed an aid flotilla boat heading to Gaza in 2010, but the possible crimes are not grave enough to merit a prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the institution’s prosecutor said today.

Kenyan troops were still searching for bodies in the wreckage of the Nairobi shopping mall today as its terrorist al-Shabab attackers tried to claim the destruction was not their fault.

An International Criminal Court prosecutor urged military bosses and political parties in Guinea to refrain from violence after results of the tense presidential election are announced.

THE International Criminal Court said yesterday it has launched a preliminary investigation into last month’s violence at a Guinea sports stadium, where presidential guard troops opened fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators.

A FORMER Congolese child soldier recanted his testimony against an accused warlord yesterday, throwing a landmark war crimes trial into confusion in its opening stages.

A former child soldier told a war crimes hearing today how he was snatched off the street and sent to a military camp.

The world’s first permanent international criminal court is due to formally begin work today with a landmark hearing.