International

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said this week he would not oppose a delay to the start of a trial of four prominent Kenyans, including two leading presidential hopefuls, accused of fuelling post-election violence in 2007.

The Kenyan government on Wednesday moved to assure tourists that the country is safe despite Tuesday’s evening attack in the port city of Mombasa where at least one person died and four others injured in three explosions.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father’s rule, the country said on Wednesday.

U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is “fully available”, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms.

North Korean officials have demanded payment before they release Chinese fishing boats with a total of 29 men onboard, Chinese media reported on Thursday, in a rare public spat between the neighbors and longtime allies.

Prosecutors have described the chaos leading up the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, on the second day of Bosnian Serb ex-commander Ratko Mladic’s trial.

A UN deadline for Sudan and South Sudan to resume talks on oil and other critical issues passed without action on Wednesday, as the latter accused Khartoum of stalling the process.