A Iraqi military unit that was trained by the United States is linked to alleged war crimes in Mosul, where it allegedly executed several prisoners, states Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Human Rights Watch called on the US government to “suspend all assistance and support to the 16th Division pending Iraq’s full investigation of the allegations and appropriate prosecutions”.

Troops from that division are accused of executing several dozen prisoners, including a young boy.

Three bombs have been detonated in the city of Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Tuesday killing at least 30 people. Over 80 people are thought to be injured. 

The attacks are believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram. However, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. 

In an open letter to the US president, Donald Trump on Tuesday, the Taliban called for the removal of all US troops from Afghanistan and urged him to interact "generously" with the country. 

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said the UK “will never vote against credible Security Council action to stop mass atrocities and crimes against humanity,“ in remarks to the Conservative Party this week.

In a statement to mark the party’s ‘Declaration Against Genocide’, Ms May said the “United Kingdom has proudly made clear” that it would not block action to stop such crimes at the UN Security Council.

A man accused of taking part in the Rwandan genocide faces charges of immigration fraud in the US, after lying to authorities about his membership of the political party that led the massacres.

Two further aid groups have suspended migrant rescues in the Mediterranean alongside Doctors Without Borders in response to threats from Libyan authorities, reports Reuters.

The international community must play a role in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute said Pakistan’s prime minister, a day after India pledged to settle a permanent political solution that maintained Kashmir’s identity.

Speaking in an address to the country on Pakistan’s independence day, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Kaqan Abbasi, said,

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah dismissed potential US sanctions aimed at the group on the anniversary of the end of its war with Israel.

Speaking in a televised address to mark the end of the war in 2006 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said,

“The American administration with all available and possible means, will not be able to damage the strength of the resistance.”

Buddhists in Myanmar protested in their hundreds across 15 towns on Sunday against aid agencies, accusing them of supporting Rohingya Muslims allied fighters, Reuters reported. 

Protests also took place in the capital city of Rakhine state which has been the focal point for much of the violations against Rohinya Muslims. 

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Basque Country on Saturday, expressing solidarity with a planned independence referendum for Catalonia.

Protestors waved Basque and Catalonian flags, and held banners reading “Supporting Catalonia, supporting democracy” in the city of San Sebastian.

An outgoing member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said the body had collected enough evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes, but lamented the lack of progress on the issue.

When asked by Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung whether there was enough evidence to convict Mr Assad, Carla del Ponte replied, “Yes, I am convinced that is the case”.

A state of emergency has been declared in the US city of Charlottesville in Virginia, after hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members staged a rally on Saturday, resulting in violent clashes.

At least one person has been confirmed as dead and 34 injured throughout the day, after a car rammed into a crowd of protestors marching against the rally. Witnesses and video evidence suggests the driver had intentionally driven into the crowd.

The President of the United States of America said he was prepared to consider many options for addressing the unrest in Venezuela “including a possible military option, if necessary.”

Justifying the potential need for intervention to reporters on Friday, US President Donal Trump, said,

“Venezuela is not very far away, and the people are suffering and they’re dying.”

Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in the Muslim majority Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports Reuters.

Military sources told Reuters that troops had been sent to the state to ‘help tighten security’ after seven Buddhists were killed in the region.

Speaking to reporters, the Rakhine State Police Chief Colonel Sen Lwin, said,