A court in Sweden has ordered the detention of a man accused of committing war crimes in Syria.

Mohammad Abdullah, a 33 year old seeking asylum in the country, stands accused of committing war crimes whilst being a soldier attached to Syrian government forces and fighting against the Islamic State. He reportedly posed for photographs in front of dead or wounded fighters.

Myanmese troops have reportedly fires on civilians who are fleeing in their thousands as violence between Rohinya fighters and government soldiers escalated in Rakhine state. 

Clashes between the two sides have killed almost 100, and left thousands of refugees trapped at the border with Bangladesh. 

Over 4000 non-Muslim civilians were evacuated by the government. 

The United States imposed new sanctions on Venezuela in an executive order signed by President Trump on Friday.

A statement released by the White House called on Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro to release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections, 

Fighters from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) launched coordinated attacks against police posts in Myanmar's Rakhine state, and attempted to break into an army base. 

Over 150 fighters were involved in the attack, which took place in the Maungdaw township at 1am on Friday. 

Twelve members of the security forces were killed in the attacks, along side 77 Rohingya Muslims, who the government alleges were all fighters. 

A federal court in the United States has ruled that a former vice minister who headed El Salvador’s National Police can be extradited to Spain over the murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador in 1989.

Col Inocente Orlando Montano, who served as the country’s National Police as Vice Minister for Public Security, had appealed against a lower court ruling and attempted to block the move.

The head of the United Nations’ humanitarian operations warned the Security Council that there are early signs of genocide in the Central African Republic this week, in his second such warning this month.

Stephen O’Brien, who serves as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told diplomats that violent clashes in the country had pushed it into crisis.

The United States will deny Egypt over US $250 million of  military and economic aid due to its failure to make progress on respecting human rights and democratic norms, reports Reuters.

A Saudi-led air strike on a Yemeni hotel near the capital Sanaa on Wednesday has killed at least 40 people. 

The dead includes dozens of Shia Houthi fighters as well as civilians, AP reported. 

Saudi Arabia has faced criticism for its air strikes and the number of civilian casualities. 

Seven people, including four soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a Taliban fighter detonated an explosive filled car by the police headquarters in Lashkar Gar, Afghanistan. 

Two women and a girl are also believed to have been amongst the dead. 

"A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-filled car in a car park near the main police headquarters in Lashkar Gah," a spokesperson for the governor of Helmand province told Al Jazeera. 

The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Masoud Barzani met with the United States Defense Secretary James Mattis in Erbil this week, where he reiterated that an independence referendum due to be held later this year will still take place.

The Pacific Conference of Churches expressed its public support for West Papuan self-determination, endorsing plans for a referendum to be held. 

The churches also backed the call for a UN investigation into human rights abuses by Indonesian authorities in West Papua, RadioNZ reported this month. 

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In his first address since receiving medical treatment in London, Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his stance that unity was "not negotiable", reiterating his determination to defeat separatist fighters. 

“I was distressed to notice that some of the comments, especially in the social media, have crossed our national red lines by daring to question our collective existence as a nation,” Mr Buhari said in a televised address on Saturday. 

Rwanda’s Justice Minister claimed the Britain is denying justice for victims of the 1994 genocide by hesitating to take action against fugitives sheltering in the UK.

“For the last 10 years, we’ve been trying to get 3 alleged perpetrators of the Genocide living in UK to stand trial in vain,” said Johnston Busingye, Rwanda’s Minister of Justice.

A Rwandan genocide suspect was extradited from Germany to face charges for his involvement in the massacre of over 800,000 Tutsis in 1994. 

The suspect, identified as Jean Twagiramungu was handed over to Rwandan authorities on Friday at Kigali International airport, AP reported.