The UK has put forward a resolution at the UN Security Council “authorising all necessary measures to protect civilians" in Syria.

There has been increasing pressure on the international community to act after chemical weapons were used, however it has not yet been conclusively proven where the weapons were fired from.

Russia has said the UN must finish its investigations before the resolution can be discussed. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also appealed for more time for the team to do its job.

Bosnia’s war crimes court sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police chief, Goran Saric, to 14 years in prison for his role in the killing of Muslim civilians during the 1992=-1995 conflict in Sarajevo, today.

The US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, in an interview with the BBC, indicated that the military were ready to execute attacks on Syira, should President Obama give the go ahead.

“We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfil and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take,” Hagel said.

"What we have seen in Syria are appalling scenes of death and suffering because of the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime. I don't believe we can let that stand."

Mobs of Buddhists carrying swords and sticks burnt down Muslim shops and homes, after a Buddhist monk incited violence against an alleged Muslim criminal in the north-west Burma today.

Describing the violence, Aung San, a 48-year old Muslim man whose house was burned in the violence, said,

The US has agreed a $500mn deal to sell new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Indonesia.

The deal includes eight helicopters, training, radar and maintenance.

"Providing Indonesia these world-class helicopters is an example of our commitment to help build Indonesia's military capability," Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, who is on a tour of Southe-East Asia, said in a statement.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry condemned what he called the ‘undeniable’ use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.

Addressing a news conference on the situation in the Middle East, Kerry said,

"We strongly urge those who, by attempting to impose their own results on the UN experts, are raising the possibility of a military operation in Syria to use their common sense and refrain from committing a tragic mistake,"