As Iran and the USA gear up for talks over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has removed a spate of anti-American posters that were posted across the city.
Syrian Kurdish fighters have siezed a border crossing into Iraq, after fierce battles with Al-Qaeda linked jihadist groups, according to reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had said the Kurds
"took control of the Al-Yaarubia border crossing with Iraq at dawn after clashes with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Al-Nusra Front and other rebels".
Protesting the denial of war crimes by Bosnian authorities, activists erected 'guerrilla memorials' overnight in three towns across the country.
Bearing the text "So that it never happens again. In memory of the victims of war crimes committed in the area of (Foca, Bugojno or Konjic)" the memorials were dedicated to Serbs, Muslims and Croats killed in the 1992-5 war.
The International Criminal Court has decided to require Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto to attend most of his trial.
His defence had argued that he was needed in Kenya after the attacks on a Nairobi shopping centre and that his trial for crimes against humanity could continue without him present.
The US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power paid an emotional visit to the memorial to the Rwandan genocide in Kigali earlier this month, as part of a mission from the UN Security Council.
Three British Royal Marines stood trial today for thee alleged murder of a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.
The killing is believed to have taken place in Helmand Province in September 2011 but only came to light last year, after video footage of the incident was uncovered.
Burmese opposition leader has told the BBC that there was no ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the country, and that a “climate of fear” increased tensions between Buddhists and Muslims.
When questioned about the 140,000 Muslims who were forced to leave their homes, Suu Kyi replied that many Buddhists had also fled the country.
India and China signed an agreement on bilateral border defence measures today, during the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s, two day visit Beijing.
Noting the significance of the new agreement, Singh said,
Kenya is seeking to delay the International Criminal Court (ICC) trials of its president and deputy president in the aftermath of deadly terror attacks in a Nairobi shopping centre last month.
A momument dedicated to the memory of those killed in the Armenian genocide was unveiled in Quebec on Sunday, the first monument of its kind in Canada, reported Asbarez.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have slammed the use of drones by the CIA to strike at targets.
AI said the drone attacks are responsible for unlawful killings, which could amount to a war crime, and that Obama’s pledge to increase transparency has not been fulfilled.
