A deadly attack on the Chechen capital Grozny has left at least 16 people dead.

Gunmen breached heavy security in the fortified town, driving and firing at a police checkpoint, a school and a publishing house, reported the BBC.

Video footage showed the publishing house in flames and there were heavy clashes before the gunmen were killed, with nine of the dead thought to be militants.

“When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that’s a problem.”

The Irish government has decided to ask the European Court of Human Rights to revise its judgment over one of the most harrowing torture cases during the Troubles.

Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan, will make the request in light of a recent RTÉ documentary which unearthed military documents that appear to show Britain accepted that interrogation techniques used on the men amounted to torture.

Fourteen Irish men were detained in 1971 after the introduction of internment without trial, and were subjected to torture at the Ballykelly army base. Many of the men were hooded and flown to the location, before being thrown from hovering helicopters. Testimonials suggest the men were told they were hundreds of feet in the air, despite being only a few feet from the ground

The ECHR admonished the UK in 1978 for its inhuman and degrading treatment of the detainees, but fell short of finding Britain guilty of torture.

The United States Congress has passed a bill stopping all social benefits to former Nazi soldiers now residing in the US, reports CNN.

"While the number of Nazis receiving Social Security is few, allowing payments to continue is an insult to those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis," the Republican Rep for Texas, Sam Johnson, was quoted as saying.

The bill, named the 'No Social Security for Nazis Act', was passed unanimously by the House on Tuesday.

Commenting on the unity of the House regarding the bill, the Democratic Rep of New York, Carolyn Maloney told CNN: "If we can't agree on this, my goodness what can we agree on?"

"We consider the crisis over and announce that we have agreed that the next cycle of conversations will take place between 10 and 17 December."

The International Criminal Court has given prosecutors an ultimatum of one week to provide the court with evidence against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, or drop the charges.

The court, based in The Hague, ruled that further delays would be "contrary to the interests of justice".

Rejecting the request for a delay, the judges said the prosecutors needed to decide within a week whether it would withdraw charges or that the "evidentiary basis has improved to a degree which would justify proceeding to trial".

Lebanese security officials claim to have detained the wife and child of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at a border crossing into Lebanon.

Lebanese newspaper al-Safir broke the story of the arrest, which occurred more than a week ago, according to officials.

United Nations prosecutors are seeking the return of a Serbian war crimes suspect who was temporarily released from The Hague, in order to receive treatment for cancer.

Vojislav Seselj, founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party, was released on “humanitarian grounds” last month, in order to return to Serbia and receive treatment for cancer.

On his return, he was greeted by some 5,000 supporters and made a speech vowing to overthrow “Serbian traitors” who had “become servants of the West.”

Prosecutors at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague filed a motion stating,

"He has clearly demonstrated that his health condition is no barrier to making unacceptable public statements that are inflammatory and insulting to victim communities."

French parliamentarians have voted to recognise Palestine as a state, drawing criticism from the Israeli government.

The vote, passed with 339 MPs for and 151 MPs against, is largely symbolic and will not be binding on the French government.

Palestinian leaders expressed "gratitude" and urged France to "translate its parliament's vote into action," reported AFP news.

Israel criticised the vote, saying "unilateral measures" would be "counter-productive" for the peace process.

France's vote comes soon after similar votes in the British and Swedish parliaments. British MPs also chose to recognise Palestine in a symbolic vote, whereas the Swedish government now officially recognises Palestinian statehood.