Capitalising on his role in brokering a truce in the Israel-Gaza conflict, Egypt's President Mursi declared on Thursday that his decisions could not be challenged until a new constitution was agreed upon.

In a statement, the presidential spokesperson said:

Nato has said it will look at Turkey’s request to deploy Patriot missiles along its border with Syria.

The bloc’s chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the request would be considered “without delay”.

Rasmussen said on Wednesday that he had received a request for the deployment on Wednesday.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for sanctions to be placed on M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The passing of Resolution 2076, which was drafted by France, comes after rebels stormed Goma, the capital city of North Kivu province, despite UN combat helicopters assisting DRC forces.

The Kazakh government has moved towards a ban on the two opposition movements and media outlets supportive of the opposition, reported Reuters on Wednesday.

After eight days of conflict, a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas took hold late on Wednesday evening, although distrust and singular attacks continued after the truce took effect at 9pm.

The deal has momentarily suspended the Israeli threat of a ground invasion of Gaza after bombing and rocket fire left 162 Gazans, including 37 children, and 5 Israelis dead.

The surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged in secret, the Indian government confirmed on Wednesday.

According to the Home Minister of Maharashtra, R.R. Patil, he was executed at 07:30am local time on Tuesday, after being moved in secret to Yerwada jail in Pune a few hours prior.

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that the UK has recognised the National Coalition of the Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the “sole legitimate representative” of the Syrian people and that it is a “credible” alternative to the current regime.

Kosovo’s supreme court has ruled that a former rebel commander, now a senior politician and close ally of the Prime Minister, must face a retrial for war crimes six months after the case against him collapsed.

The former Chief Prosecutor at the Hague has criticised the release of two Croatian generals by the war crimes court, stating that it was “not justice”.

Farc declared a two month unilateral ceasefire on Monday in Havana, Cuba, following landmark talks between Farc and the Colombian government.

Ivan Marquez, Farc's negotiator, said that they would halt all attacks from midnight on Monday, till 20th January.

While fighting intensifies in the Congolese city of Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo has out-ruled the prospect of negotiations with rebel group M23, dismissing the proposals as ‘blackmail’ from a Rwandan-backed group.

Speaking to the Associated Press, government spokesman Lambert Mende said:

A district court in Denmark has upheld a decision from the Danish Ministry of Justice to extradite a man to Rwanda, where he faces charges of genocide.

The newly formed National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces has been rejected by Islamist rebels in the country.

Around 13 organisations were listed in a video released on the internet, denouncing the new group.

The United Nations chief, Ban Ki-Moon, is set to travel to Israel in order to intensify efforts to bring about a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Ban arrived in Cairo, Egypt amid international concern surrounding the volatility of the conflict situation.