The Pakistan Taliban, have withdrawn their offer of peace talks, following the death of the group’s deputy leader in an United States Drone strike.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in eastern Afghanistan, was attacked  in the second major assault on humanitarian organisations in less than a week.

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians last year in a night-time attack on a village, will not face the death penalty after his lawyers confirmed he would plead guilty.

US Staff Sgt. Robert Bales’s lawyer, John Browne, announced,

"Today we announced that we reached an agreement with the military to take the death penalty off the table if he will plead... And then he'll have a sentencing trial in September to determine whether he can get life with parole or whether he will get life without parole".

The news angered relatives of the victims, with one family member, Baraan Noorzia, stating,

“This is a shameful act by the Americans. They promised us the death penalty, and now they are going back on their word”.

Another man, Mohammed Wazir, who lost 11 family members killed that night, including his mother and 2-year-old daughter, heatedly stated,

“For this one thing, we would kill 100 American soldiers”.

Yet another relative, Said Jan, added,

“A prison sentence doesn’t mean anything... I know we have no power now. But I will become stronger, and if he does not hang, I will have my revenge.”

No US service member has been executed in more than 50 years.

In November last year Wazir spoke to the Spiegel, where he stated,

"We want to see this man hang,... I won't speak his name, I don't want to dirty my mouth. I would like to hang him myself. I'll go to America to the Mahkama [court], to the great court, to see him hang. Then my heart will be calm."

The Burmese regime has agreed a peace deal with Kachin rebels, who have been fighting for autonomy in the east of the country.

An agreement was signed by officials in Mitkyina, which included a seven-point plan for peace, including the redeployment of armed forces on both sides and a commitment to political talks in the future.

The Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond has confirmed that the UK is holding up to 90 Afghans in Camp Bastion.

British lawyers, representing some of the men, said the detainees had been held for up to 14 months without charge.

Interviewing 101 refugees in Nairobi, HRW found that Kenyans of Somali ethnicity were arbitrarily accused by police of being terrorists, and demanded payments to secure release.

Nations Without States is a new organisation aimed to help vindicate a nation’s right to self-determination, whilst also calling for the concept to be accepted as a basic human right.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Kosovo, protesting against the arrest of former Kosovo Liberation Army members by the European Union police and justice mission.

A coalition of Iranian opposition figures from a range of political groups condemned the upcoming Iranian presidential election as a 'charade', reports the Guardian.

Russia has confirmed it will deliver anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime, saying the arms would be a ‘stabilising’ factor and help deter "some hotheads" from intervening.

The African Union accused the International Criminal Court of being 'racist' on Monday, reports AFP. 

Demanding that the ICC end proceedings against the Kenyan president, it said Africans were being targeted due to their race.