The International Criminal Court has given prosecutors an ultimatum of one week to provide the court with evidence against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, or drop the charges.

The court, based in The Hague, ruled that further delays would be "contrary to the interests of justice".

Rejecting the request for a delay, the judges said the prosecutors needed to decide within a week whether it would withdraw charges or that the "evidentiary basis has improved to a degree which would justify proceeding to trial".

"We consider the crisis over and announce that we have agreed that the next cycle of conversations will take place between 10 and 17 December."

United Nations prosecutors are seeking the return of a Serbian war crimes suspect who was temporarily released from The Hague, in order to receive treatment for cancer.

Vojislav Seselj, founder and president of the Serbian Radical Party, was released on “humanitarian grounds” last month, in order to return to Serbia and receive treatment for cancer.

On his return, he was greeted by some 5,000 supporters and made a speech vowing to overthrow “Serbian traitors” who had “become servants of the West.”

Prosecutors at the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague filed a motion stating,

"He has clearly demonstrated that his health condition is no barrier to making unacceptable public statements that are inflammatory and insulting to victim communities."

Lebanese security officials claim to have detained the wife and child of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at a border crossing into Lebanon.

Lebanese newspaper al-Safir broke the story of the arrest, which occurred more than a week ago, according to officials.

The pair were allegedly attempting to cross from Syria into Lebanon using forged papers. Al-Safir claims that foreign intelligence services alongside Lebanese security officials detained the two.

French parliamentarians have voted to recognise Palestine as a state, drawing criticism from the Israeli government.

The vote, passed with 339 MPs for and 151 MPs against, is largely symbolic and will not be binding on the French government.

Palestinian leaders expressed "gratitude" and urged France to "translate its parliament's vote into action," reported AFP news.

Israel criticised the vote, saying "unilateral measures" would be "counter-productive" for the peace process.

France's vote comes soon after similar votes in the British and Swedish parliaments. British MPs also chose to recognise Palestine in a symbolic vote, whereas the Swedish government now officially recognises Palestinian statehood.

Maoist rebels have killed thirteen policemen in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, while they were conducting a raid on a rebel hideout.

The men with the Central Reserve Police Force were surrounded and attacked by an unknown number of rebels in the state’s Sukma district, leaving another 12 policemen injured.