Nato has launched more air strikes in Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime faced open defiance on the ground, with activists reporting gunfights between protesters and soldiers in parts of the capital.

Israel’s prime minister warned the United Nations that backing war crimes accusations against the Jewish state and the Palestinians could destroy Middle East peace efforts.

Venezuela and Bolivia broke off diplomatic relations with Israel to protest its military offensive in Gaza.

The alleged leader of a Congolese militia charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for masterminding a savage attack on a village during which 200 people were murdered has been turned over to the International Criminal Court, the court announced today.

British deputy prime minister John Prescott is to meet top officials in Croatia today, just weeks after the European Union opened membership talks with the ex-Yugoslav country.

The Israeli Supreme Court today rejected an opinion by the International Court of Justice calling for the removal of Israel’s West Bank barrier, upholding the structure’s legality and also instructing the government to reroute a section to avoid encircling Palestinian villages.

Serbia’s police chief today denied reports top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has been located, but said authorities were working to find him and extradite him to the UN war crimes tribunal.

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin faced down Israeli criticism yesterday, saying Russia's planned sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and supply of nuclear components to Iran does not threaten Israel's security.

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced down Israeli criticism today, saying that Russia’s planned sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and supply of nuclear components to Iran does not threaten Israel’s security.

A coalition of Jamaican Rastafarian groups wants the UN to pressure European countries, especially Britain, to pay billions of pounds in slavery reparations to followers of the faith.

IN a precedent-setting decision, Israel's Supreme Court ordered the government yesterday to change a large section of its West Bank separation barrier.