Eight decades after it was first mooted, the world needs a mechanism to prosecute cross-border terrorists in peacetime.
The Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire deal with rebel groups across the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced.
Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra has freed 16 Lebanese troops held captive for more than a year in a prisoner swap with Lebanon.
A US air strike has killed senior al-Qaeda operative and Khorasan group leader Muhsin al-Fadhli, US officials say.
Fierce fighting erupted in the Syrian city of Aleppo after a coordinated attack by a coalition of rebel groups launched major offensive against positions held by the Assad regime.