A court at The Hague has ruled that Dutch peacekeepers under the command of the United Nations were partly responsible for the massacre of at least 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Serbian troops at Srebrenica in 1996.

The killings, which have been recognised as a genocide, took place as thousands of Muslims fled to Srebrenica’s UN-designated safe zone and to a nearby Dutch UN peacekeeper base. Peacekeepers subsequently expelled them and handed them to Serbian soldiers.

The British Conservative Party will attempt to form a minority government, after failing to return a majority at general elections yesterday.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Colombia stated that they have handed over 30 percent of their weapons to United Nation monitors – as per the terms established under the peace agreement.

The remaining weapons are to be handed over by June 20^th – with approximately 7000 weapons to be surrendered before the FARC can transition into a political party. 

Kurdish President, Masoud Barzani, along with representatives of political parties within the Kurdistan Region, decided that an independence referendum would be held on September 25^th, 2017.

United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, stated that the continuous treatment of hospitals and clinics as targets in conflict reflects the “grave disregard for international law and the protection of civilians.” 

Myanmar’s ethnic states are to  right to draft their own constitution said one of one of Myanmar’s ethnic militant groups, the Pa-o National Liberation Army.

The Israeli parliament has preliminarily approved a controversial bill this week, which states that the “right to self-determination in Israel is unique to the Jewish people” and demotes Arabic from its official status.

Supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's Likud party, the bill states that Israel is the “national home of the Jewish people” and would demote Arabic from an official language to one that has “special standing”.

Police in Myanmar have issued arrest warrants for at least seven Buddhist nationalists, including at least two monks, after a clash with Rohingya Muslims left at least one injured, according to reports.

The BBC quoted local media sources as reporting Buddhist monks marched into the Rohingya town of Mingalar Taung Nyunt on Wednesday, where they were allegedly looking for “illegal” Rohingya.

The province of Ontario is the first legislature in Canada to carry a motion describing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide.

Harinder Malhi, Member of Provincial Parliament, moved the motion with 34 votes in favour and five against.

The UN will withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Haiti by October 2017, the Security Council decided in a vote today.

Unanimously adopting a new resolution, the Council decided that, after over 13 years operating in its current form, the UN Stabilization Mission, known by its French acronym, MINUSTAH, would gradually draw down its military component during the next six months, finally withdrawing from Haiti by 15 October 2017.

The violence in South Sudan has now escalated to genocide, the UK’s International Development Secretary has said.

The Secretary, Priti Patel visited South Sudan this week and said there is a “scorched earth policy” with “massacres taking place, people’s throats are being slit”.

Speaking to the Associated Press, Ms Patel said villages were being burned down, women being raped and food being used as a weapon of war.

The US fired Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian military base on Friday in response to the chemical weapon attack over Idlib province earlier this week. 

The US Department of Defense said the air strike was "in retaliation for the Assad regime using nerve agents against its people."

The third suspected chemical attack was reported to have been carried out in Syria on Tuesday over the province of Idlib, killing at least over 50 people, including children. 

The US has accused the Assad government of carrying out this attack, however, the military has denied this. 

The Scottish parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of holding a second referendum on independence, thereby endorsing the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. 

The vote, which was won by 69 to 59 votes, translates into a formal request to Westminster to grant Holyrood powers to hold a referendum under a section 30 order.