WorldIn today's News Hockey: SLHMA stickers to take part International tournamentGENEVA, AFP -The UN human rights chief on Tuesday called for action to halt the tragedy unfolding in Syria's Aleppo, and urged the Security Council to introduce a limit on its members' veto power. Limiting the veto power of the five permanent members of the Security Council, he said, would make it possible to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Aleppo, once Syria's commercial powerhouse, is now at the heart of a major military campaign by Syrian regime forces and Russia. “We cannot afford to fail Aleppo. We cannot afford to continue to fail the thousands of children trapped in this city awaiting their slaughter.

Source: Sunday Times October 04, 2016 11:40 UTC