The British Premier, David Cameron, flew to China with intention of establishing a multi-billion-dollar free trade deal between Beijing and the European Union, on Sunday.
A Palestinian was shot dead by an Israeli policeman near Tel Aviv, said a police spokesperson, Micky Rosenfeld.
The incident occurred near in the town of Petah Tikva, following a paramilitary Border Police Unit search for all Palestinians who do not have a permit to stay in Israel.
"Border police in the night were searching for illegal Palestinian workers,"
According to Rosenfeld, the Palestinian man, in his twenties, "tried to stab" the policeman, before the policeman "fired a shot at the suspect, [who was] injured critically and died soon after."
The shooting comes hours after the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon warned of an "escalation of violence and incitement" between Israeli-Palestinian tensions that could threaten the peace talks.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), announced today that the US was prepared to help destroy lethal parts of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile.
Kenya has announced the launch of a brand new $13.8 billion which will run across East Africa to reach Burundi, the DRC and Sudan, funded by the Chinese state owned China Road and Bridge Corporation.
Kenya's President Kenyatta hailed the project, stated it would “define my legacy as President of Kenya”.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned that he will refuse to sign a long-term security agreement with the United States, if drone strikes continue in Afghanistan.
The verification of Iran’s commitment to curb nuclear activities under a deal agreed last week may take some time, according to the head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) .
Yukiya Amano said he could not confirm when the inspections could begin.
France on Tuesday pledged to deploy 1000 more troops to its former colony, the Central African Republic as warnings of impending genocide continue to grow.
The former president of the country's economic and social council said:
The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (KLWCT) found former Israeli army general Amos Yaron and the state of Israel guilty of crimes against humanity and genocide.
The first direct talks between the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian rebels will commence on 22nd January, announced the United Nations on Monday.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said that the aim would be to arrive as a transitional administration acceptable to both sides.
Ban's special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi said,
The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has defended the recently concluded deal with Iran, which would see an easing of sanctions the country in return for some concessions by Teheran on its nuclear programme.
Iranian officials met with six other world powers in Geneva to reach an agreement, during the fourth day of negotiations, on Tehran’s nuclear programme.
An influential group of Afghan elders has called for a security pact with the US to be signed by the end of this year.
The pact, which would allow US troops to remain in the country past 2014, is being delayed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who said he wants the US to bring peace to the country first.
A senior member of Congo's opposition was arrested on Sunday on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, accusing him of interfering with the war crimes trial of the former presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba.
