Thailand's army launched a military coup 4.30 pm local time today, suspending the constitution and taking over control of the country, two days after martial law was imposed.
Russia and China signed a 30-year, £237 bn deal for the Russian gas giant Gazprom to deliver gas to China reported The Guardian.
The former Russian deputy energy minister, Vladimir Milov, said the Russian deal was an attempt to open new markets in reaction to deteriorating relations with the west.
The movement towards justice for victims of crimes against humanity and genocide in Guatemala, is seriously being undermined, warned Amnesty International in a statement released this week.
Condemning the recent annulment of a genocide case against the former president, Amnesty’s Guatemala researcher, Seebastian Elgueta, said,
Prosecutors in the US may consider pressing charges of war crimes against a former defence spokesman of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPLF), reports AllAfrica news.
80 U.S. troops have been sent to Chad to assist in the international search and rescue effort for the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist militant group.
A statement from the White House said that "the force will remain in Chad until its support in resolving the kidnapping situation is no longer required."
Russia will veto a UN Security Council resolution that would have authorised an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into atrocities committed by all sides in the Syrian conflict.
The Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic’s trial on genocide and crimes against humanity commenced at the International Criminal Court today, reports the BBC.
Mladic, one of the most high-profile suspects, denies 11 charges against him base do this involvement in the Bosnian war between 1992-85.
US President Barack Obama, last week renewed economic sanctions on Myanmar for another year citing a lack of expected progress in reforms, reported Reuters.
Commenting on the reasons behind renewing sanctions, Obama said,
