The top war crimes judge for the former Yugoslavia on Monday urged the immediate arrest of the last two fugitives, Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic and ex-Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic.

A look at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, established in 1993 by the U.N. Security Council.JURISDICTION: Perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, including grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva...

A week of protests highlighted by the torching of the U.S. Embassy has shown the depth of Serb outrage over the loss of Kosovo _ raising questions about whether the Balkans might once again slip into dangerous instability.Serbs have long been a minority...

Former Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek, a popular politician who helped lead the country to independence from Yugoslavia, died Saturday, his office said. He was 57.Drnovsek, who battled cancer for years, became a political icon in part for working to...

Former Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek, a popular politician who helped lead the country to independence from Yugoslavia, died Saturday, his office said. He was 57.Drnovsek, who battled cancer for years, became a political icon in part for working to...

On Sunday, Kosovo was born, becoming the 21st century’s third new nation. The two other infant states, East Timor and Montenegro, present it with starkly contrasting examples of the challenges that lie ahead.Montenegro has prospered since it broke with...

Kosovo’s chances of fielding a separate team at the Beijing Olympics are “unlikely” despite the province’s declaration of independence from Serbia, the IOC said Monday.International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau said Kosovo needs to...

Text of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s written statement Monday recognizing Kosovo as an independent state.___The United States has today formally recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state. We congratulate the people of Kosovo on...

President Bush extended formal recognition Monday to Kosovo as “an independent and sovereign state,” rebuffing protests by Serbia and Russia.Bush, who is touring several African nations, promised in a letter to the new nation’s president, Fatmir...

European powers Britain, France and Germany said Monday they would recognize Kosovo’s independence but other EU nations were opposed including Spain, which has battled a violent Basque separatist movement for decades.European Union foreign ministers...