British parliament decided against potential military intervention in Syria following a 7 hour debate, today.

The UK has put forward a resolution at the UN Security Council “authorising all necessary measures to protect civilians" in Syria.

There has been increasing pressure on the international community to act after chemical weapons were used, however it has not yet been conclusively proven where the weapons were fired from.

Bosnia’s war crimes court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police chief, Goran Saric, to 14 years in prison for his role in the killing of Muslim civilians during the 1992=-1995 conflict in Sarajevo,

Google's regional page in Palestine, google.ps was given a makeover by hackers objecting to the label of Israel on Google maps.

The hack involved a message displayed saying "the country in google map not called Israel. It's called Palestine."

The US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, in an interview with the BBC, indicated that the military were ready to execute attacks on Syira, should President Obama give the go ahead.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron recalled Parliament to discuss possible responses to the allegations of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government.

The Prime Minister said:

Mobs of Buddhists carrying swords and sticks burnt down Muslim shops and homes, after a Buddhist monk incited violence against an alleged Muslim criminal in the north-west Burma today.

The US has agreed a $500mn deal to sell new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Indonesia.

The deal includes eight helicopters, training, radar and maintenance.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned what he called the ‘undeniable’ use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.

Russia has warned the West that military intervention in Syria could be a 'tragic mistake', reports the Telegraph.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said:

 The Syrian government agreed today to allow United Nations inspectors to investigate allegations of a chemical weapon attack near Damascus last week.

The Colombian government halted its participation in peace talks with the FARC rebels on Friday, citing FARC's announcement of a "pause" to the talks in order to review the government's plan to put the peace deal up for a vote.

The President Juan Manuel Santos recalled the Colombian negotiating team back from Havana in Cuba where the talks were taking place.

One of the lead FARC negotiators, Pablo Catatumbo, has said in a statement:

After discussions over  last week’s chemical weapons attack in Syria , David Cameron and Barack Obama, agreed that the crisis had been taken to a new level and would require a ‘serious  response’.