The largest hospital in opposition-held Aleppo has been forced to shut after it was stuck by cluster and barrel bombs yesterday, as fighting in the Syrian city continues.

“Two barrel bombs hit the M10 hospital and there were reports of a cluster bomb as well,” Adham Sahloul of the Syrian American Medical Society (Sams).

Colombians on Sunday vote on whether to accept or reject the peace agreement signed last month between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). 

Opinion polls carried out in preceding days indicate that the peace deal will be accepted by the people. 

The deal was struck after 50 years of armed conflict and signed by the FARC leader, Rodrigo Londono (alias Timochenko) last Monday. 

The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide slammed the president of the Philippines for calling for a campaign to kill millions of drug addicts in a manner similar to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, where over 6 million Jews were systematically killed by the government.

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted in favour of establishing a UN commission of inquiry into alleged human rights violations that took place in Burundi over the past year and a half. 

Burundi, which is facing calls to be removed from the Council, voted against the inquiry unsurprisingly. Nineteen members voted in favour, with 7 against and 21 abstentions. 

Amnesty International on Thursday published evidence of Sudanese government forces appearing to use chemical weapons on civilians in Darfur. 

An investigation using satellite images and interviews with over 200 survivors has revealed that at least 30 chemical attacks are likely to have occurred since January 2016. 

At least two Pakistani soldiers are reported to have been killed in air strikes carried out by the Indian military in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir shortly after midnight.

The Indian military said it had conducted “surgical strikes” against “terrorists… waiting to infiltrate the nation”. India’s director-general of military operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said the attack had caused “significant casualties … to terrorists and those trying to shield them”.

The International Criminal Court has sentenced a militant from Mali over the destruction of shrines in Timbuktu, in a landmark case that has seen the destruction of cultural sites successfully prosecuted as a war crime by the court.

A former Serbian paramilitary commander who had fled to Australia, has begun a war crimes trial in Croatia, after being extradited last year.

Dragan Vasiljkovic pleaded not guilty to charges related to the torture and execution of Croatian soldiers during the Balkan conflict, stating that his actions were only part of protecting his homeland.

The United Kingdom has reportedly blocked efforts to establish an independent international investigation into alleged war crimes in Yemen, by refusing to support European Union efforts at the UN Human Rights Council.

Minister from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation reaffirmed their support for the self determination of the Kashmiri people this week.

In an annual meeting, 57 members of the OIC called for UN Security Council resolutions to be enforced and said the international community needed to take a more determined role in the region.

Pakisatan’s Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz criticised the Indian government’s actions in the region at the meeting.

A historic peace agreement was signed today in Cartagena, Colombia, between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC).

The foreign ministers of the United States and several European countries issued a joint statement accusing Russia of violating a ceasefire in Syria, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the city of Aleppo.

Fierce fighting has taken place in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as a shaky ceasefire collapsed and the government launched a massive offensive to retake the city.

The Syrian military has gained ground in the north of the city with its fresh offensive. The east remains under Syrian opposition control, though government shelling meant that repairs at the Bab al-Nayrab pumping station, which supplies water to 250,000 people, were not carried out.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch wrote a joint letter to the UN Human Rights Council this week, urging member states to initiate an “international, independent investigation into civilian deaths and injuries in Yemen".