Kenya’s supreme court has annulled the result of the country’s presidential election today, declaring Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory invalid with fresh elections now due to be scheduled.
North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan's northern region, Hokkaido island today, as tensions escalated between the Pyongyang and Washington.
The firing of the missile was strongly condemned internationally, with the US president, Donald Trump warning that "all options are on the table".
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has ordered the expulsion of the head of the UN lead International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), reports Reuters.
Defying a court ruling that against the decision, Mr Morales called on the head of the CICIG Ivan Velasquez to leave the country immediately.
Kashmir militants stormed an Indian police camp resulting in an hours long gun battle with Indian security forces which saw 8 policemen and 2 militants killed.
The gun battel started after militants stormed an Indian Government controlled police camp in southern Kashmir reports the Guardian.
The UN Secretary General, António Guterres on Sunday embarked on a three visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories to discuss possibilities of restarting the peace process.
Mr Guterres is to meet Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu as well as the Palestinian leaders, visiting both Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza strip.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Sunday began its transition to a political party with plans to stand at the general elections next year.
The disarmed group held a founding congress on Sunday to choose on its political representatives, which is to include members New Colombia and Alternative Revolutionary Force of Colombia.
A court in Sweden has ordered the detention of a man accused of committing war crimes in Syria.
Mohammad Abdullah, a 33 year old seeking asylum in the country, stands accused of committing war crimes whilst being a soldier attached to Syrian government forces and fighting against the Islamic State. He reportedly posed for photographs in front of dead or wounded fighters.
Myanmese troops have reportedly fires on civilians who are fleeing in their thousands as violence between Rohinya fighters and government soldiers escalated in Rakhine state.
Clashes between the two sides have killed almost 100, and left thousands of refugees trapped at the border with Bangladesh.
Over 4000 non-Muslim civilians were evacuated by the government.
The United States imposed new sanctions on Venezuela in an executive order signed by President Trump on Friday.
A statement released by the White House called on Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro to release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections,
Fighters from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) launched coordinated attacks against police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and attempted to break into an army base.
Over 150 fighters were involved in the attack, which took place in the Maungdaw township at 1am on Friday.
Twelve members of the security forces were killed in the attacks, along side 77 Rohingya Muslims, who the government alleges were all fighters.
A federal court in the United States has ruled that a former vice minister who headed El Salvador’s National Police can be extradited to Spain over the murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador in 1989.
Col Inocente Orlando Montano, who served as the country’s National Police as Vice Minister for Public Security, had appealed against a lower court ruling and attempted to block the move.
The head of the United Nations’ humanitarian operations warned the Security Council that there are early signs of genocide in the Central African Republic this week, in his second such warning this month.
Stephen O’Brien, who serves as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told diplomats that violent clashes in the country had pushed it into crisis.
The United States will deny Egypt over US $250 million of military and economic aid due to its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms, reports Reuters.
