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Cooperation with Russia to tackle Islamic State a possibility says US

Nov 22

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday that it was possible to broaden cooperation with Russia and Syria in attempts to combat Islamic State militants.

Stressing that Washington was not under pressure to work with Moscow, Mr Kerry said that under the right circumstances cooperation could read to “constructive possibilities”

Colombia pardons FARC rebels as confidence-building measure

Colombia is pardoning to 30 jailed members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), as a confidence-building measure in its peace talks with armed group, AFP reported on Sunday.

Bangladesh executions over war crimes

Bangladesh has executed two opposition leaders for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence struggle against Pakistan.

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were convicted of genocide and rape and were hanged in Dhaka's central jail.

UK convicts teen for trying to join Kurdish militant fight against Islamic State

A British teenager became the first British citizen convicted of trying to join the fight against Islamic State in Syria.

Silhan Ozcelik, an 18 year old, ran away from home to join the Kurdistan Workers party’s women militia, a wing of the proscribed Kurdish militant PKK organisation.

UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning North Korea rights abuses

A United Nations General Assembly committee condemned what it described as rampant and planned human rights abuses in North Korea reports Reuters.

Finland detains Iraqi war crimes suspect for preliminary investigation

Finish officials arrested an Iraqi man on suspicion of committing war crimes in Iraq in 2014, reports abc news.

The Pirkanmaa Regional Court in Finald, confirmed that a suspect was held in custody on allegations of committing war crimes in Iraq during June 2015.

UNHCR urges European states to avoid demonising refugees over Paris attacks

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged European countries to continue accepting refugees fleeing from persecution and conflict.

Calling on countries not to react to the Paris terrorist attacks, the UNHCR chief spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said,

Bosnia arrests over war crimes against Serbs

Bosnia has arrested a police commissioner, a lawyer and a third man, all Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims)suspected of having committed war crimes against Bosnian Serb civilians during the war in the early nineties.

The Sarajevo-based lawyer Ibro Merkez and Gorazde police commissioner Esef Huric were arrested on Tuesday on suspcion of having illegally imprisoned more than 100 Serbs from the eastern town of Gorazde at the local police station.

France conducts largest strike on Islamic State positions to date

French fighter jets bombarded Islamic State positions on Sunday in what is seen as a direct response to the terror attacks in Paris on Friday night.

France vowed to destroy Islamic state following Friday’s attacks, after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terror attacks in Paris, which saw suicide bombings and shootings across the French Capital.

ICC releases convicted Congolese war criminal

12.00 The International Criminal Court granted an early release to a convicted war criminal from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Germain Katanga became the first ICC convict to be freed after being sentenced to 12 years in jail during a trail in 2014.

Saudi Arabia commits to supporting Syrian rebels until Assad is removed

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said his country would continue to support Syrian rebels if President Bashar al-Assad was not removed through a political process, reports Reuters.

Speaking to press at the sidelines of the international Syria peace talks in Vienna, Adel al-Jubier said,

State of Emergency declared in Paris as terrorist attacks take place across the city

Parisian Elite Forces have been deployed across Paris as at least 100 people are thought to have been killed in an array of violent terrorist attacks across the French Capital this evening.

Gunmen and bombers attacked, busy restaurants, bars, a concert hall and a football game in a coordinated attack across the city.

Paris has been placed on curfew for the first time since World War Two and the borders have been indefinitely closed.

Myanmar’s Electoral Commission officially declares opposition victory

Myanmar’s electoral commission announced today that Aung San Suu Kyi’s Opposition National League for Democracy had won a majority of the seats in Parliament, officially confirming the NLD’s victory in last Sunday’s election.

All parties of Afghanistan conflict failing at introspective investigation into alleged war crimes says ICC

The International Criminal Court said it had evidence of international forces subjecting detainees to physical and psychological abuse, reports Reuters.

The court has been investigating alleged crimes committed by all sides in Afghanistan since 2003.

Myanmar President congratulates Aung San Suu Kyi on electoral victory

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein sent his congratulations to Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi on her opposition party’s victory in Sunday election, seen by many as conceding defeat. President Sein, a former general, has led the military-backed government since 2011.

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