Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre was forcibly brought into court and held down by masked security officers at the resumption of his trial in Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The 72 year old is accused of being responsible for the deaths of 40,000 Chadians during his 1982-1990 rule. Mr Habre has refused to recognise the African Union backed court and repeatedly disrupted proceedings. He shouted abuse at court officials throughout Monday’s proceedings, yelling "Shut up! Shut up!" at the court clerk as his indictment was read.

Reed Brody, a counsel at Human Rights Watch said,

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Peter Robinson, says there will be no meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive unless in “exceptional circumstances”, as the crisis Stormont was plunged into after the killing of a former IRA member, escalates.

Mr Robinson, who is also First Minister of the assembly, said the DUP's ministers would focus on talks to try to resolve the crisis that are due to begin on Tuesday.

Police have said they believe members of the Irish Republican Army were involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan Snr, however added there was no evidence at this stage to suggest the shooting was sanctioned by the organisation.

Republican party Sinn Féin rejected the police’s accusation and said the IRA had "gone" and was not "coming back".

Several Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by Kurdish militants in Hakkari in the southeast of the country.

The PKK claimed responsibility for the attack and said 15 soldiers died.

Turkish media said bombs were detonated as two military vehicles were passing in the village of Daglica.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised "a very particular and decisive" response, while speaking on  Turkish TV.

A Dutch journalist who was covering clashes between Kurds and Turkish police was was arrested in the country's southeast.

Frederike Geerdink was previously arrested in January on charges of aiding Kurdish militants, but was acquitted and released.

In an interview after her release, the journalist explained why she had decided to remain in Turkey.

"I have chosen this life and if I want it to be different I can go back to my own country," she told The Independent.

The Cuban government says it will welcome back doctors who deserted while working on government programmes in other countries.

The ministry of health says the doctors will be guaranteed a job and not receive punishment.

Over 25,000 doctors are currently working on government-backed projects in other countries.

"We have agreements with other governments, by which we are compensated, with benefits to both sides," reads a health ministry statement published on the Communist Party newspaper, Granma.

Swedish prosecutors have charged a man over his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The 60 year old suspect has not yet been named, but reportedly held a low level leadership role during the killings. If he is convicted, he would be the second person in Sweden to be found guilty of genocide, after another man was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 for his role in the Rwandan genocide.

Chief Prosecutor Tora Holst said in a statement on Friday:

The Australian government announced that “advocacy of genocide” would now be criminalised, under a series of new anti-terrorism legislation to be passed later this year.

Announcing the legislation, Australia’s attorney general George Brandis said:

“Free speech has no greater advocate than I… But advocating extremism or ­violence to achieve political change, or to hurt, threaten, or vilify others, is not a legitimate use of free speech and has no place in our society.”

The move was particularly aimed at groups such as Hizb ut-Tahrir said Mr Brandis, adding,

 The United States is preparing a new UN sanctions list for South Sudan after a ceasefire failed to take hold under a new peace accord aimed at ending the 20-month war.

Anonymous diplomats said that the US Ambassador Samantha Power had told the Security Council during a closed door session that two or more individuals could be hit by UN sanctions due to their role in continued fighting.