Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been jailed for two months after she was found guilty of insulting the police.

Khawaja has already spent several months in prison and the latest sentence would mean she would be held until February next year.

Her father Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a prominent human rights activist, is also in prison, serving a life-sentence for plotting to overthrow the Bharaini regime.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the deployment of a peacekeeping force in Mali today.

The UN peacekeeping force, MINUSMA, from the start of July, will take over peacekeeping responsibilities from the French army in Mali.

A former French Gendamarie officer has been accused of complicity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, reports France24, as he was allegedly supplying arms to the government despite being aware of the genocide unfolding.

Three France-based human rights organisations - International Federation for Human Rights, French Human Rights League and Survie - filed an official complaint on Monday against Paul Barril, who was also a security advisor to African states.

The UN has announced that US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister will meet next week to discuss Syria.

UN, Russian and US diplomats held talks in Geneva, over organising an international conference to attempt to solve the Syrian conflict.

"The discussions were constructive, and focused on ways to ensure that the Geneva Conference on Syria can take place with the best chances of success," the UN said in a statement after the meeting.

A resolution on sexual violence in conflict was unanimously adopted by the 15 member UN Security Council on Monday.

The Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has landed in Taiwan, after leaving China for the US last year.

Chen is thought to be planning to meet opposition politicians to discuss human rights. China is likely to be angered by the trip to the island, over which China claims sovereignty.

"I am impressed by the success of Taiwan's democracy. Taiwan should be proud of it," he said, saying that democracy was "an important treasure".

According to Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the country's former military ruler will be charged for treason by the newly installed government.

Speaking to Parliament on Monday, Sharif said Musharraf would have to answer for his acts during his years in power, although the government has not yet pressed formal charges.

The Pakistani judiciary's stiff treatment of Musharraf, who is currently under house arrest, is reported to have stirred disquiet in parts of the military.

The Egyptian Army has issued a warning ahead of planned mass-protests against President Mohammed Morsi.

Army head General Abdel-Fatteh al-Sisi said the armed forces would "not remain silent as the country slides into uncontrollable conflict".

"There is a state of division in the society, and the continuation of it is a danger to the Egyptian state.

"There must be consensus," he said.