Belgium opens first trial linked to IS genocide of Yazidis

A Belgian jihadist accused of acts of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria - and presumed killed in conflict - went on trial in absentia Thursday in Brussels. Sammy Djedou, a former fighter with the Islamic State (IS) group, was reported by the Pentagon to have been killed in a 2016 airstrike in Raqqa, Syria. Belgian authorities never received formal confirmation of his death, and opted to prosecute him in absentia, in the...