UN tribunal News

The U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia delivers its verdict on Wednesday in the trial of Ratko Mladic, the ex-Bosnian Serb military commander charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in Bosnia`s 1992-95 war.

Augustin Ngirabatware was convicted for his role in Rwanda`s 1994 genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed.

Following an international arbitration tribunal's ruling against China on the South China Sea issue, India on Thursday said that it is not in favour of or against any country as it is a matter of law.

The Philippines urged Beijing on Thursday to respect an international tribunal`s ruling that rejected Chinese claims to most of the South China Sea, escalating a row that has raised the prospect of conflict.

The US said the International arbitration court's ruling on the South China Sea should be treated as final and binding and hoped that both China and the Philippines would comply with their obligations.