The government of Myanmar officially apologised to China for a cross-border bombing attack which killed 5 Chinese nationals earlier this month.

Xinhua reported Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin as saying, “on behalf of the Myanmar government and military, I officially apologise to China and express my deep sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured.”

The bombing raid in Myanmar’s northeast came as the Burmese government battled against ethnic Kokang militants. China had immediately summoned Myanmar's ambassador, Thit Linn Ohn, to complain about the bombing and warned of “decisive action” at the time.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has criticised a law passed by Thailand’s ruling military junta, labelling it a move “even more draconian” than martial law.

Whilst Thailand’s junta lifted martial law this month, article 44 of the interim charter allows Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, “to issue any legislative, executive or judicial order”.

“Normally, I would welcome the lifting of martial law – and indeed strongly advocated for it to be lifted in Thailand,” said Mr Zeid. “But I am alarmed at the decision to replace martial law with something even more draconian, which bestows unlimited power on the current Prime Minister without any judicial oversight at all.”

The president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday rejected Israel’s release of frozen Palestinian tax revenue, stating that a third of the funds had been withheld by Israel.

Israel withheld a third of the $130 million a month tax customs, that had been frozen over past months, to cover Palestinian debts to Israeli utility companies.

A French court is reportedly set to release a man accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide, refusing to extradite him to face charges in Rwanda.

France’s appeals court ruled in favour of Claude Muhayimana, who was arrested in northern France in 2010.

The court stated that since the crime of genocide was not on Rwanda’s statute books 1994, Mr Muhayimana cannot be sent back to the country to face charges relating to genocide.

Houthi militants in Yemen made further advances in the presidential city of Aden amidst Saudi led coalition airstrikes on Sunday, reports the BBC.

The advances came despite calls from the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Russia, for an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for a 24 hour ceasefire in Yemen, as it attempted to deliver medical aid to besieged areas of the country.

Stating that there was a “dire humanitarian situation” in the country, Robert Mardini, the aid group's head of operations in the Middle East, said, "we urgently need an immediate halt to the fighting to allow families in the worst affected areas, such as Aden, to venture out to get food and water, or to seek medical care."

"All air, land and sea routes must be opened without delay for at least 24 hours to enable help to reach people cut off after more than a week of intense air strikes and fierce ground fighting nationwide," said an ICRC statement.

The North Korean government has test-fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean military officials.

The missiles were fired into the sea from Dongchang-ri, on the west coast of the country, a statement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Armed gunmen attacked military checkpoints on the Sinai peninsula, leaving 15 Egyptian soliers and two civilians dead.

The checkpoints, located near the border with Gaza in the town of Sheikh Zuweid, were attacked on Thursday by militants suspected to be part of Sinai Province, a group which last year pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

Any final nuclear deal with Iran must include commitment form Tehran to recognise Israel’s right to exist, said the Israeli prime minister on Friday.

In a statement released after a preliminary international agreement was reached on Iran’s nuclear programme, Banjamin Netanyahu, said,

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Friday,  threatened to boycott upcoming elections if the current country constitution remained unchanged. 

Speaking to Reuters, Ms Suu Kyi said that US praise for Myanmar’s new semi-civilian government, which took power in 2011, had made it “complacent” and hindering delivering true reform.

Officials from the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) said that Islamic State militants had entered the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, Yarmouk, which holds over 18,000 residents.

Militants within the Damascus refugee camp were attacking new arrivals throughout the day said the PLO in a statement on Wednesday.