The Hague

US delegation to discuss Russian President Putin’s war crimes warrant at ICC

The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly denied its forces have engaged in war crimes, or forcibly taken Ukrainian children

One killed, 30 injured after trains collide in southern Netherlands

The front carriage of the passenger train derailed and a fire broke out in the rear carriage. Rescue teams were at the scene in the town of Voorschoten, a village between The Hague and Amsterdam

Centre for trial of ‘aggression’ crimes in Ukraine to be set up in Hague

The International Criminal Court, also based in The Hague in the Netherlands, is already probing alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ICC can prosecute genocide in Ukraine but has no jurisdiction over crimes of aggression by Russia there

Special Kosovo court sentences rebel commander to 26 years in jail for murder, torture

Salih Mustafa, 50, was found guilty of abusing prisoners in a makeshift jail in a barn run by the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the 1998-1999 independence war with Serbia

Why farmers' protests that kicked off in The Netherlands are spreading across Europe

In Germany, farmer groups are upset over a recent renewable energy Act passed by Parliament, while Polish cultivators are protesting the cost of fertiliser and cheap food imports. Italian and Spanish farmers are facing increased fuel prices and skyrocketing costs

RSF says Russian troops executed Maks Levin in cold blood: Who was the Ukrainian photographer?

Maks Levin, the 40-year-old father of four who had been working with Ukrainian and international media, is one of eight journalists killed since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to RSF's tally

Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal win Children's Peace Prize for waste project

Previous winners of the prize include include Pakistani education advocate Malala Yousafzai and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg

Cairn tax dispute exposes major shortcomings in India’s economic policy

Revenue maximization can never be the goal of economic policy. It ought to be prosperity and not a bloated exchequer at the expense of intimidated wealth creators.

Dutch court orders oil giant Shell to cut carbon emissions 45% by 2030 in landmark climate case

The case is the latest in a string of legal challenges filed by climate activists seeking action to rein in emissions, but it is believed to be the first targeting a multinational company

Dutch Cabinet resigns en masse: A look at the child subsidies scandal that led to govt's downfall

As many as 26,000 parents were wrongly accused by the Dutch tax authorities of fraudulently claiming child allowance over several years from 2012, with as many as 10,000 families forced to repay tens of thousands of euros