Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide Bosnian Serb army commander Gen Ratko Mladić addresses his troops in the eastern Bosnian town of Vlasenica in December 1995. Photograph: Oleg Stjepanovic/AP Ratko Mladić, the infamous Serbian general who was serving a life sentence for genocide committed during the Bosnian war, has died in prison in The Hague. Mladić had been one of the main architects of the policy of ethnic...

Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026. OHAD ZWIGENBERG/AP Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted a gloating video of the construction of a gallows complex where Palestinians convicted of terror offences – but not Jewish extremists...