In a report released this week, Human Rights Watch confirmed that at least 18 Israeli airstrikes, during the Israel-Gaza conflict in November 2012, were in violation of international law.
A district court in Oslo, Norway has convicted a Rwandan man for his part in the 1994 genocide and sentenced him to 21 years in prison.
Sadi Bugingo, a 47 year old man living in Norway, was found guilty of complicity in premeditated killings of at least 20,000 Tutsis. The court focussed on three attacks that occurred in Bugingo's home town of Kibungo in April 1994.
Sixteen-year-old Hussein Ali Ahmed was shot dead during clashes with Bahrain's security forces on Thursday, two years on from the start of the pro-democracy uprising in the Kingdom.
The incident occured in the village of Diya, near the capital Manama, where security forces were firing teargas, rubber bullets and birdshot at demonstrators.
Zimbabwe's important referendum on a new constitution said to be a major step towards democratic reform, has been "tentatively" set for 16th March.
The referendum is expected to be followed by elections were both the current president Robert Mugabe, and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai would run.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) have accused the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) of failing to protect indigenous women and girls from violence in northern British Columbia, as well as abusive behaviour by the police itself.
HRW interviewed women and girls who described abusive treatment by police officers, including excessive use of force as well as physical and sexual assault.
The former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has taken refuge inside the country's Indian embassy after a local magistrate ordered his arrest.
Riot police barricaded the streets around the embassy as Nasheed's supporters gathered.
Defying UN resolutions, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday, prompting condemnation from the US, and a call for calm from China.
North Korea stated that this third test had "greater explosive force" that its previous two, conducted in 2006 and 2009, and that this latest device was "miniaturised" and lighter.
The Israeli government has given the final approval for the construction of 90 new settler homes in the West Bank, days after the US announced that President Barack Obama would visit Israel.
To the surprise of all concerned, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on Monday, stating that given his age and physical health he "had to recognise my incapacity to adequately fulfil the ministry entrusted to me".
Becoming the first pope to resign in over 600 years, the news has shocked the Catholic church.
Hundreds of protesters marched to Egypt's presidential palace on the second anniversary of the fall of Hosni Mubarak, causing clashes with security forces.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons on the stone throwing protesters marching against current president Mohamed Morsi.
An explosion on a minibus near the Cilvegozu border post on the Turkish side of its border with Syria has killed 13 people.
"It was a powerful explosion. But whether this was a vehicle laden with explosives or another type of explosion, I think, at the latest, will become clear tomorrow," said Turkish deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc.
For the first time since July 2011, the Bahraini government and opposition held talks to try to solve the political deadlock and mass protests.
The protesters, mainly of Bahrain's Shi'ite majority, had demanded that the Sunni ruling family create a consitutional monarchy and call for elections.
Swiss authorities have refused to re-open a case examining corruption accusations leveraged against Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, reported Pakistan's law ministry.
