KIGALI (Reuters) - Survivor groups from Rwanda's 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the U.N. tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court's recent acquittals of two genocide suspects.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States will attend an International Criminal Court (ICC) meeting this week as an observer for the first time since the Hague court was set up in 2002, President Barack Obama's war crimes envoy said Monday.

Official says US to attend annual war crimes court meeting as observer for first time. The United States will attend an annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, a body it has so far refused to participate in, the U.S. envoy for war crimes said Monday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States wants Kenya to hand over a Rwanda genocide suspect it believes the east African nation has been harboring for years, President Barack Obama's war crimes envoy said on Monday.

Kosovo's prime minister claimed victory on Monday in the first local elections since the territory seceded from Serbia, hailing the polls a success after some minority Serbs ignored a boycott.

Kosovo's prime minister claimed victory Monday in the first local elections since the territory seceded from Serbia, hailing the polls as a success after some minority Serbs ignored a boycott.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A U.N. court's appeals chamber has acquitted a Rwandan leader who was sentenced to 20 years in prison over the 1994 genocide because of shortcomings in the evidence.

Rwandan genocide court acquits priest of genocide charges and orders his release from jail. A United Nations court on Tuesday acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide, murder and extermination in Rwanda's 1994 genocide after the judge said the prosecution had failed to prove its case.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A priest accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been acquitted, the second release in as many days, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda said on Tuesday.

US war crimes envoy addresses international court's ruling body in sign of softening hostility. The American war crimes ambassador said Thursday the U.S. is committed to ending impunity for crimes against humanity, in a speech signaling a softening of hostility toward the International Criminal Court.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues Stephen Rapp made a debut appearance for the United States at the world's war crimes court Thursday and said the U.S. remained wary of politically driven prosecutions.

The UN war crimes tribunal on Thursday appointed a London lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic during his genocide trial, a legal adviser to the Bosnian Serb wartime leader said.

Kosovo's main ruling party withdrew on Friday its threat to split from its junior coalition partner in the first such rift since Pristina proclaimed independence in 2008.

Wickmayer and Malisse launch legal attack on WADA; whereabouts rules under threat. Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Key Rwandan genocide suspect pleads not guilty to church massacre charge. One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide pleaded not guilty on Monday to crimes against humanity at a U.N. tribunal trying the alleged masterminds of the slaughter.

The judge who led a UN inquiry into Israel's assault on Gaza urged the United Nations Tuesday to refer the Jewish state and the Palestinians to the International Criminal Court if they failed to investigate alleged war crimes.

European Court of Human Rights rules Russian ban on Scientologists illegal. Russia's ban on the Church of Scientology is illegal, the European Court of Human Rights said Thursday in a binding ruling.

Palestinians: Goldstone report on Gaza war crimes 'remains alive' despite nixed resolution. Palestinian diplomats said Friday they will ensure a United Nations report on war crimes in Gaza "remains alive," despite agreeing to delay a vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council on passing the document to the General Assembly for further action.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's ruling party nominated President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for re-election on Saturday despite an International Criminal Court warrant to arrest him for war crimes.

A Madagascar bishop on Monday came out in favour of granting impunity in some conflicts gripping African countries to encourage reconciliation.