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Theatre of war: Alistair Moulton Black as Aleksander and Aimee Mica Komorowsky as Mirela in the play Sarajevo.

Hell is others: Sarajevo and the tragedy of intimacy

In war-torn Sarajevo, desire collides with brutality in a play that refuses resolution or easy moral comfort

Blood stains are seen at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya. (Reuters/Ismail Zitouny)

UN envoy on migrants criticises ‘blindness’ of EU on Libya

The EU’s leadership team must renew pressure on Libyan authorities to come up with an alternative to this system of arbitrary detention

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia found Ratko Mladic guilty on 10 counts including genocide

‘Butcher of Bosnia’ found guilty of genocide

UN judges sentenced Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two decades ago.

Radovan Karadzic denies knowledge of Bosnian genocide

The former Bosnian leader’s legal advisor says he is not guilty of genocide because there is no "evidence" he knew about the massacre.

Judge rules Mladic fit to face international justice

Judge rules Mladic fit to face international justice

A judge has ruled that Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladic, the alleged mastermind of the Srebrenica massacre, was fit to stand trial at a war crimes court.

Serbia captures Ratko Mladic

Serbia captures Ratko Mladic

Serbian police have arrested Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb military leader wanted by the UN for war crimes committed during the Bosnian war.

Martyr or monster?

Martyr or monster?

Despite overwhelming evidence of genocide, the ‘butcher of Bosnia’ denies all. Ian Traynor reports.