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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged the United Nations to punish Russia for its invasion, calling for a special tribunal and compensation fund and for Moscow to be stripped of its veto.

An international tribunal dealing with the killing of two Indian fishermen in 2012 by two Italian marines has upheld the conduct of the Indian authorities over the incident, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

A Bosnian Croat leader convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia died after drinking poison as he was declared guilty in court.

In a significant victory for India at the United Nations or the UN, international law expert Neeru Chadha has won a crucial election to a top UN judicial body that deals with disputes related to the law of the sea, becoming the first Indian woman to be appointed as a judge at the tribunal.

A UN court slammed Turkey on Monday for failing to free one of its judges rounded up in Ankara's post-coup crackdown and said it would report the country to the Security Council.

Mr Sirisena had agreed to a UN Human Rights Council resolution in October 2015 which called for special tribunals and reparations for victims and gave Sri Lanka 18 months to establish credible investigations. But the deadline lapsed without those commitments being met.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that "defending" his country in a time of war was more important than any international tribunal that may be brought against his government later.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met her Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, the first high-level contact between the two countries after the UN tribunal's verdict that allowed the return of Italian marines charged with murdering two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast.

China has removed its new generation surface-to-air missiles from a disputed island in the South China Sea after US withdrew its aircraft carrier ahead of a landmark verdict by an UN-backed tribunal, a media report said today.

In the wake of the international tribunal rejecting its claims in the disputed South China Sea, China today said the issue of sovereignty was the nation's "bottom line" and the country "cannot lose one centimetre" of the area it claims.

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.

India on Tuesday asked all parties involved in the South China Sea row to resolve the dispute through peaceful means without threat or use of force and "show utmost respect" to the verdict by a UN-backed tribunal.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today advised the government to "cautiously assess" a UN tribunal ruling on the row in the South China Sea, saying tomorrow such a tribunal can sit on Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan today backed its "all-weather" ally China after a UN-backed tribunal struck down Beijing's claims of "historical rights" in the South China Sea, saying Islamabad opposes any imposition of "unilateral will" on others.

Dismissing the US appeal to accept the verdict of the international tribunal on the disputed South China Sea as "delusional", China today said it cannot be forced to accept the July 12 ruling.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged the United Nations to punish Russia for its invasion, calling for a special tribunal and compensation fund and for Moscow to be stripped of its veto.

An international tribunal dealing with the killing of two Indian fishermen in 2012 by two Italian marines has upheld the conduct of the Indian authorities over the incident, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

A Bosnian Croat leader convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia died after drinking poison as he was declared guilty in court.

In a significant victory for India at the United Nations or the UN, international law expert Neeru Chadha has won a crucial election to a top UN judicial body that deals with disputes related to the law of the sea, becoming the first Indian woman to be appointed as a judge at the tribunal.

A UN court slammed Turkey on Monday for failing to free one of its judges rounded up in Ankara's post-coup crackdown and said it would report the country to the Security Council.

Mr Sirisena had agreed to a UN Human Rights Council resolution in October 2015 which called for special tribunals and reparations for victims and gave Sri Lanka 18 months to establish credible investigations. But the deadline lapsed without those commitments being met.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that "defending" his country in a time of war was more important than any international tribunal that may be brought against his government later.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met her Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, the first high-level contact between the two countries after the UN tribunal's verdict that allowed the return of Italian marines charged with murdering two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast.

China has removed its new generation surface-to-air missiles from a disputed island in the South China Sea after US withdrew its aircraft carrier ahead of a landmark verdict by an UN-backed tribunal, a media report said today.

In the wake of the international tribunal rejecting its claims in the disputed South China Sea, China today said the issue of sovereignty was the nation's "bottom line" and the country "cannot lose one centimetre" of the area it claims.

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.

India on Tuesday asked all parties involved in the South China Sea row to resolve the dispute through peaceful means without threat or use of force and "show utmost respect" to the verdict by a UN-backed tribunal.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today advised the government to "cautiously assess" a UN tribunal ruling on the row in the South China Sea, saying tomorrow such a tribunal can sit on Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan today backed its "all-weather" ally China after a UN-backed tribunal struck down Beijing's claims of "historical rights" in the South China Sea, saying Islamabad opposes any imposition of "unilateral will" on others.

Dismissing the US appeal to accept the verdict of the international tribunal on the disputed South China Sea as "delusional", China today said it cannot be forced to accept the July 12 ruling.