ICC asked to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’

Move shows court’s determination to investigate contemporary as well as past crimes against humanityThe international criminal court’s new prosecutor has asked the court to relaunch an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by the Tali…

The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11: peace is impossible if we don’t talk to our enemies | Jonathan Powell

We should have engaged with the Taliban 20 years ago, but we thought the winner takes all. It undermined our own armed forcesJonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s chief of staff from 1995 to 2007The fall of Kabul 20 years after 9/11 represents not just the …

Joe Biden tells FBI to release files on 9/11 investigation – and possible Saudi links

• Order responds to call by victims’ families suing Riyadh• Full record to be released over six months after reviewJoe Biden has announced the wholesale review and declassification of files from the investigation into the 9/11 attack, in response to in…