The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the Hague has convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb Army commander of genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Thousands of survivors of Europe’s worst massacre since the Second World War sued the United Nations and the Dutch government today for their failure to protect civilians in the Srebrenica safe haven when Bosnian Serb forces overran it in 1995.

Lawyers for thousands of survivors of Europe’s worst massacre since the Second World War are suing the United Nations and the Dutch government.

The Balkans’ "third most-wanted" war crimes fugitive was arrested on the Bosnia-Serbia border today, Serbian officials said.

A retired Bosnian general surrendered to the war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands today.