The lawyers of Kenya’s deputy president, William Ruto, filed a request today that asked judges of the International Criminal Court to meet in an emergency session, to adjourn the deputy president's trial.
Pakistan released the Taliban's second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Saturday.
The release was welcomed by Afghanistan who believe Baradar capable of encouraging Taliban leaders to engage in talks and have requested that Pakistan allow Baradar to come to Afghanistan - a request that Pakistan has denied.
A spokesperson for Afghan President Hamid Karzai said,
The African Union has called a special summit to discuss a mass withdrawal from the Internationl Criminal Court in protest at the trial of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto.
The United States is willing to engage in talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program "on the basis of mutual respect" said the White House on Friday.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad expressed his commitment to international calls to destroy Syrian chemical weapons, outlining that it would take a year.
A US court has deemed that Almaz Nezirevic, a prison guard from Bosnia who is suspected of committing war crimes, can be extradited to Bosnia due to a sufficient amount of evidence against him.
Nezirevic has resided in the US, in Virginia, for over fifteen years.
The United Nation's defended the report released on Monday, which confirmed the use of sarin nerve agent in a chemical weapon attack in Syria, as "indisputable".
Speaking to the press on Wednesday the UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky said,
The United Nations experts investigating human rights conditions in North Korea outlined “shocking evidence” of widespread abuses and atrocities that required an international response.
Sudanese President Omar Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court, has applied for a visa to travel to the UN General Assembly in New York.
Describing the request as "deplorable" Reuters quoted a senior State Department official as saying it was "deplorable" and he would "not receive a warm welcome" at the UN.
