International Law

Foreign secretary William Hague confirms that Assange will not be given safe passage but rules out storming embassy.

Former UK ambassador warns of dangers of removing diplomatic status from Ecaudorian embassy.

The UK is invoking diplomacy law to raid the embassy - but Ecuador promises strong resistance.

WikiLeaks founder claiming asylum in Ecuador Embassy in London since June to avoid sex charge extradition to Sweden.

National peace and reconciliation rally draws 60,000 people to capital Bamako.

Crackdown on illegal migrants, which will see at least 1,500 kicked out of Greece, violates international law, says human rights charity.

The proposed law has the potential to curtail the freedom of journalists, whistle-blowers and peace activists.

After three months on hunger strike and three years in prison, Sarsak gets hero's welcome in Gaza on release.

Controversial settlements 'do not breach international law and should be subject to ordinary planning and zoning laws'.

In an early day parliamentary motion, the MPs showed their concerns for Awa tribe and alarmed the UK parliament that if Brazil didn't act on time, the Awa tribe would be extinct.

McAfee and Guardian Analytics unmask cyber fraudsters plundering thousands of bank accounts worldwide.

Microsoft has issued notices to sites hosting the leaked document pertaining to Xbox 720 copyright material.

UN investigator wants probe into civilian casualties in growing number of drone attacks.

Palestinian football star wins freedom in exchange for ending three-month hunger strike.

French football legend and ex-Man United forward pledges support to prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 85 days.

Days after Benjamin Netanyahu quashes illegal settlers' building in Ulpana, massive new build programme unveiled.

Intisar Sharif Abdallah, a mother of three, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Sudan.

US Secretary of State accuses Moscow of propping up Bashar al-Assad regime and warns that situation will lead to civil war.

Tribes from four continents urge Britain to ratify ILO Convention 169 that is supposed to guarantee their survival.

Tribal representative from across the world have joined Kenya’s Samburu tribe in urging the UK to sign an international law that not only ensures their secured existence but also protect forests and natural resources.

UN observers confirmed the massacre of 90 people including 32 children in Houla while shocking internet videos showed bodies of children covered in blood.

Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor stopped short of apologising for his role in Sierra Leone civil war, instead accusing prosecutors of paying and intimidating witnesses.

The Pataxo Ha-Ha-Hae Indian tribe has been victim of ranchers and poachers illegally occupying their territory.

Friday, 04 May 2012, marked the 30th anniversary of HMS Sheffield being hit by an Exocet missile launched from a Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard attack aircraft of Argentina's 2nd Naval Air Fighter Squadron. This went unmentioned in the British media except for a couple of clips in the City of Sheffield's local newspaper The Star.

Almost a year after the raid and killing of Laden, who was the master mind behind 9/11 terrorist attack on America’s World Trade Center, residents are leading their usual life in the picturesque, mountain city of Abbottabad.

Italian government offers £12m compensation to families of two Indian fishermen allegedly killed by marines on oil tanker Enrica Lexie.

Lufthansa airline has cancelled the tickets of several pro-Palestinian activists who were supposed to fly to Tel Aviv

Jewish settlers who took over house in Hebron's Palestinian area should be allowed to stay, says high-ranking official.

Israel angry with decision to investigate Jewish settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem.