"It is important that we don’t forget these events. Srebrenica was a stark demonstration of what can happen when hatred, discrimination and evil are allowed to go unchecked. I am pleased that the government has been able to work with Remembering Srebrenica, an initiative dedicated to commemorating and honouring the victims of Srebrenica, to organise a remembrance ceremony in London this year for the very first time."

The US has called on the current Egyptian leadership to stop “arbitrary” arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

"The only way this is going to work successfully... is if all parties are encouraged and allowed to participate and that's why we've made clear that arbitrary arrests are not anything that we can support,'' White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

An arrest warrant has been issued for the leader and other officials of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

Mohamed Badie is accused of inciting violence in Cairo, during which over 50 people were killed.

Over 200 other senior officials of the organisation have also been issued with arrest warrants.

The Unite States Secretary of State , released a press statement in memory for those that lost their lives in the Srebrenica genocide.

Full statement reproduced below.

Uo to 2000 troops from the Libyan army will be trained by Britain, announced Foreign Secretary William Hague, earlier today.

Hague said the British army would provide a 10-week training course in basic infantry skills and leadership at Bassingbourn Barracks in Cambridgeshire.

Congo’s M23 rebels have called for a cease fire before continuing the peace negotiations with the government delegation, reported the Associated Press.

Russia’s UN ambassador has said they have evidence to show that it is likely that Syrian rebels, fighting the Syrian government, used missiles with sarin gas.

Vitaly Churkin said that the results came from an independent investigation as requested by Damascus.

A series of blasts went off at the holy Buddhist site of Bodh Gaya in Bihar, India, on Sunday morning. The site includes the Mahabodhi temple and the Bodhi tree, which Buddhists believe is where Buddha attained enlightenment. Neither suffered any damage.

The new interim leader of Egypt, Adly Mansour, has outlined plans for polls, as clashes continued in the country.

Mansour, who was appointed by the army after last week’s coup against Mohammed Morsi, said a panel to amend the most recent constitution would be formed within 15 days, and those changes would be put to a referendum, leading to elections by 2014.

Confirming that the UN mandate in South Sudan would be renewed and that the peace keeping mission would continue, Ladsous said:

Forty-two were killed on Saturday after gunmen, thought to be Boko Haram rebels, stormed a secondary school in Nigeria, reports AFP.

According to one of the members of staff at the local hospital, eye witnesses who had managed to escape said the gunmen rounded up staff and students into a dormitory before throwing explosives inside and setting the place on fire.