UN investigators said Israel and Palestinian militant groups abused international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict, and this may be tantamount to war crimes.

George Clooney’s fiancee, Amal Alamuddin, has been chosen by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate allegations of violations of the rules of war in Gaza.

Saddam Hussein’s trial was to resume today, a day after court officials named a new chief judge and ousted another jurist off the five-member panel trying the former Iraqi leader.

IRELAND’S commitment to the world’s poor has long been a source of national pride and international respect.