The Russian president Vladmir Putin called Barack Obama today, to discuss proposals that appeased all parties involved in the situation in Ukraine.

Commenting on today’s events, the US secretary of state, John Kerry, outlined that Putin had called to discuss a US proposal for a diplomatic resolution that was presented to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov earlier this week.

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, repeated calls for the Syrian government to end restrictions on access to areas where Syrian civilians were in desperate need of international aid.

Speaking to Reuters after briefing the United Nations Security Council, Amos said,

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel group in the Philippines signed a historic territorial peace deal with the government today, ending over four decades of conflict with the government of Philippines.

Buddhist protesters in Myanmar attacked offices and houses of international aid groups today, after a European aid worker allegedly disrespected a Buddhist flag that represented Buddhist monks that were against the census operations in Myanmar.

The unrest comes ahead of a census that many fear will raise tension between the Buddhists and Rohingya community in the Rakhine state.

Turkey has moved to ban YouTube access after what appeared to be a leaked recording of Turkish officials discussing Syria surfaced on the YouTube website.

The leaked discussions were around military operations in Syria, with the Turkish Foreign minister and Intelligence Chief allegedly involved.

United Nations officials in the Central African Republic (CAR), urging the international community to increase its support, stressed today, that a lack of a political solution and sufficient funding  was keeping the region in a state of constant instability that worsened the humanitarian crisis.

King’s College London University Students Union, Tuesday, passed a motion that supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, that urged the international community to suspend economic cooperation with Israeli entities in protest of Israeli policies and operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

The British Premier, David Cameron, outlined at the Houses of Commons today, that the European Union (EU) was preparing a strong set of sanctions to place against Russia should they intervene further into Ukraine.

A US congressional panel, yesterday, passed a resolution that urged Myanmar to end discrimination against the Rohingya people.

The House of Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution calling for Myanmar to “end all forms of persecution and discrimination” against the Rohingya community.

The United Nations human rights office today deemed that the recent Egyptian court decision to sentence over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death contravened international law.

Speaking in Geneva, the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said,

Leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, are to face charges of crimes against humanity and genocide for their conduct during the war that led to the independence of Bangladesh.

The United States will deploy military aircraft and more of special forces to hunt down Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

The US had already deployed 100 troops to help African troops to find him, and will now send another 150 Air Force special forces.

The Botswana ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai, has expressed concerns about increasing reports of reprisals against civil society activists, who are engaged with international human rights organisations.

Palai called on members to commit to an end to reprisals and contribute to a better response by the UN.

The statement, supported by 56 other member states of the UN Human Rights Council, comes in the wake of Sri Lanka’s recent crackdown on human rights activists, who sought to highlight disappearances and other abuses on the island, as the Council deliberates a resolution on Sri Lanka.