Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced former DRC vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for a series of brutal rapes and murders in Central African Republic over a decade ago. “The chamber sentences Mr Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo to a total of 18 years …

Libya’s unity government forces said on Tuesday they were preparing for a final assault on the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Sirte, after repelling multiple counter-attacks from the surrounded jihadists. “Despite apparent calm along the fronts, our intelligence network is in full swing in preparation for the decisive battle,” forces …

Several international developments during the first half of the year 2014, such as the situation in Ukraine and the Russian annexation of Crimea, China’s claims in its coastal waters and the new strategy of Japan, or Iran’s moves to acquire a dominant position in the Muslim world, brought back to …