“support and cooperate positively with Mr Brahimi's efforts at political mediation,"

US President, Barack Obama, has signed a new piece of legislation that intends to encourage the observation of human rights in North Korea.

The law, that extends until 2017, is aimed at putting pressure on North Korea to respect the issues of human rights, democracy refugee protection and freedom of information. It provides legal ground for the US government to financially support radio stations broadcasting into North Korea and the appointment of a special envoy regarding the North’s human rights issues.

The act also urges the US government to demand that China halts its forcible repatriation of North Koreans, who it describes as “genuine refugees” that “face severe punishments upon their forcible return”.

According to the UN peacekeeping chief, the Syrian government and rebels have “chosen the path of war”.

The recent rise in all out conflict has left military observers on the ground with no peace to monitor on the ground. As a result of the transition of the situation into a full blown war, UN officials have stated that the last of the few dozen remaining team members would quit Damascus by 24th August.

Explaining the UN official’s decision, deputy UN peacekeeping chief, Edmond Mulet, said,

After weeks of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange taking refuge on sovereign Ecuadorian soil at the embassy in London, the British government has announced that the embassy may not be so immune from the Metropolitian police after all.

The Foreign Office spokesperson said on Wednesday:

"Under British law we can give them a week's notice before entering the premises and the embassy will no longer have diplomatic protection."

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government.

Assange has been stuck in the embassy of Ecuador in London, since he took refuge there two months ago, to avoid being extradited to Sweden, where he faces trial for sexual assault.

A foreign office spokesperson warned on Wednesday that they may be forced to lift diplomatic immunity on the premises and enter the embassy to arrest Assange.

The foreign minister Ricardo Patiño announced the decision to applause at a press conference in Quito.

“unconditionally and immediately release all Bahrainis being held for crimes related to freedom of expression.”

“The Bahraini judicial system has been used as a tool to harass democracy activists”.

A 90-year-old man accused of war crimes has won a legal battle against attempts to extradite him to Hungary, to face charges of war crimes.

Charles Zentai, who has lived in Australia for almost 60 years, won the battle after the High Court up held a decision stating he could not be extradited because the offence of “war crimes” did not exist in Hungarian law at the time of the alleged offence.

The US based Simon Wiesenthal Center lists Zentai amongst the top 10 most wanted for having "participated in manhunts, persecution, and murder of Jews in Budapest in 1944."