Outrage sparked by new twists in the case of an Australia-Israel citizen who killed himself in prison in Israel.
Human rights commissioner reveals blood-letting is a third more than previously estimated.
The central issue with drone strikes comes down to how combatants are identified and what efforts are made to protect civilians.
There is no place for President Bashar al-Assad in any future Syrian government, diplomats say, as Russia and China agree to transition plan.
Atrocities such as the killing of children become an ordinary act of violence with a sectarian component.
Serbian police have arrested Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader wanted by the UN for war crimes committed during the Bosnian war.
Myths make large, but reality diminishes. On Saturday night, the Pentagon showed Osama bin Laden alive in four video clips.
Now that Bashar al-Assad is crushing opposition with terrible brutality, no one in the West knows how to deal with him.
The immediacy and democracy of social media have been crucial to the success of uprisings.
As the British and US governments ponder their next move, the <i>Observer</i>’s <b>Peter Beaumont</b> examines the four most likely scenarios.