The special UN Investigative Team probing ISIL atrocities in Iraq is making “real progress,” its chief said on Monday, as it begins to pinpoint the perpetrators of some of the worst crimes committed by the terrorist group during its years-long occupation of large swathes of the country.… Read the rest
Jarrod Bowen strikes at the last to earn Conference League glory for West Ham
Jacob Steinberg at the Eden Arena @JacobSteinberg
- Fiorentina 1-2 West Ham (B’ventura 67; Benrahma 62, Bowen 90)
- David Moyes’s side lift club’s first trophy since FA Cup in 1980
After waiting 43 years to stop those bubbles fading and dying, West Ham could not have timed it better.… Read the rest
Saudi Arabia’s deal with PGA is major step in relentless sportswashing saga
Regime is using sport as a tool for soft power but has failed to wash away sickening track record on human rights
Looking back, so much of it was already there on that night in Diriyah when a storm raged across the desert and Anthony Joshua made history – and £60m – by retaining his world heavyweight title belts.… Read the rest
Admissible evidence, competent courts, critical to ensuring justice for ISIL victims in Iraq
Competent courts, admissible and reliable evidence, and an appropriate legal framework are needed to ensure that ISIL extremist militants can be prosecuted for the atrocities they committed during their reign of terror in Iraq, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.… Read the rest
SECURITY FORCES CONTINUE TO RECOVER WEAPONS IN MANIPUR
KOHIMA, Jun 8: Security Forces conducted Joint Combing Operations in sensitive areas both in Hills and Valley Sector of Manipur Wednesday. The combing operations are aimed at de-escalating tensions amongst communities through physical domination besides recovery of snatched weapons that are still in the illegal custody of the local population.… Read the rest