US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that further sanctions against the Iranian government could lead to the failure of ongoing nuclear talks.

Kerry told the BBC that the so-called P5+1, US, UK, France, Russia and China plus Germany, came “extremely close” to finalising a deal with Iran over the weekend.

Speaking to reporters before meeting senators on Wednesday, he said:

A former Argentine army officer, convicted of crimes against humanity, has escaped in Buenos Aires.

Alejandro Lawless was sentenced in 2010 for crimes committed during military rule between 1976 and 1983.

Lawless was being taken to a court in the capital when he absconded from a van, making him the third convicted military officer to escape from prison this year.

 Bangladesh’s former State Minister for Agriculture, Syed Mohammed Qaiser, was charged, this week, with 18 war crimes that were committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

The charges were filed by the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) which initially issued the arrest warrant for Qaiser in May.

Chinese soldiers arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday to take part in disaster relief exercises along with their US counterparts - the first time soldiers from China's People Liberation Army would have drilled on US territory.

Speaking to the press last Tuesday, Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said,

"These types of exercises give us a good place to start and to kind of get into the rhythm of understanding and trusting each other,"

"I think it'll be a great exercise."

Fourteen countries were elected to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, to sit in the 47-member council for a three year term starting in 2014.

The new members Algeria, China, Cuba, France, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Vietnam, Russia, and the United Kingdom were all elected by a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York.

Hundreds of Buddhists marched through Burma’s biggest city, Yangon, to protest against the upcoming visit of an Islamic Political organisation.

The UN’s highest court, the International Court of justice in The Hague, has ruled that the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple complex belongs to Cambodia.

The court said Cambodia should have full sovereignty over the temple and Thailand should withdraw all soldiers from the area at once.

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The US Secretary of State John Kerry said that he hoped an agreement on Iran's nuclear program would be reached within months on Monday, amid improved ties between Tehran and the West.

At a news conference on Monday, Kerry said, "through diplomacy we have an absolute responsibility to pursue an agreement."

A peace deal between M23 rebels and the Congolese government is yet to be signed, after government officials asked for more time to study a proposed document.

A Congolese government spokesperson told the AP, that the accord will wait as the government "makes up its mind", with Uganda's deputy foreign minister stating whilst they were happy with the document having a "declaration" the rebellion was over, they were not prepared to have an "agreement" with M23 rebels.

See the full report from AP here.