The international community must play a role in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute said Pakistan’s prime minister, a day after India pledged to settle a permanent political solution that maintained Kashmir’s identity.

Speaking in an address to the country on Pakistan’s independence day, Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Kaqan Abbasi, said,

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah dismissed potential US sanctions aimed at the group on the anniversary of the end of its war with Israel.

Speaking in a televised address to mark the end of the war in 2006 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said,

“The American administration with all available and possible means, will not be able to damage the strength of the resistance.”

Buddhists in Myanmar protested in their hundreds across 15 towns on Sunday against aid agencies, accusing them of supporting Rohingya Muslims allied fighters, Reuters reported. 

Protests also took place in the capital city of Rakhine state which has been the focal point for much of the violations against Rohinya Muslims. 

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Basque Country on Saturday, expressing solidarity with a planned independence referendum for Catalonia.

Protestors waved Basque and Catalonian flags, and held banners reading “Supporting Catalonia, supporting democracy” in the city of San Sebastian.

An outgoing member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said the body had collected enough evidence to convict Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of war crimes, but lamented the lack of progress on the issue.

When asked by Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung whether there was enough evidence to convict Mr Assad, Carla del Ponte replied, “Yes, I am convinced that is the case”.

A state of emergency has been declared in the US city of Charlottesville in Virginia, after hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members staged a rally on Saturday, resulting in violent clashes.

At least one person has been confirmed as dead and 34 injured throughout the day, after a car rammed into a crowd of protestors marching against the rally. Witnesses and video evidence suggests the driver had intentionally driven into the crowd.

The President of the United States of America said he was prepared to consider many options for addressing the unrest in Venezuela “including a possible military option, if necessary.”

Justifying the potential need for intervention to reporters on Friday, US President Donal Trump, said,

“Venezuela is not very far away, and the people are suffering and they’re dying.”

Hundreds of soldiers have been deployed in the Muslim majority Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports Reuters.

Military sources told Reuters that troops had been sent to the state to ‘help tighten security’ after seven Buddhists were killed in the region.

Speaking to reporters, the Rakhine State Police Chief Colonel Sen Lwin, said,

The decision to hold an independence referendum in Kurdistan will not be changed reiterated Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, as he insisted his government would continue to pursue friendly relations with neighbours.

A 29 year old Syrian man has been charged in German with war crimes committed in Syria whilst a member of Islamic State, reports AP. 

The man known as Fares A B. is accused of assaulting and abusing three prisoners in 2014 as well as executing a prisoner. 

His surname was been witheld in line with Germany's privacy laws. 

Fares A B. was arrested in Baden-Wuerttemberg on July 31. 

Over 50 people are missing off the coast of Yemen after human traffickers "deliberately drowned" refugees on Thursday, the UN Migration Agency said. 

Almost 200 refugees are believed to have been "thrown" into the sea by smugglers. 

The leaders of both countries on Thursday warned of retaliatory actions if provoked by an attack as tensions escalate day by day. 

North Korea said it planned to launch four missiles to strike the US territory of Guam, which was the launch site for recent US military flights over North Korea. 

Responding to the threat, Mr Trump said North Korea should be "very, very nervous" if it even thinks about attacking the USA. 

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma narrowly defeated a no confidence vote after a secret ballet on Tuesday. 

Of the 400 member parliament, 198 voted against the attempt to oust him, 177 in favour and nien abstained. 

Celebrating his win, Mr Zuma exalted the ANC's credentials.

In a joint declaration released on Tuesday, a new 17 member bloc of countries including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Canada condemned the situation in Venezuela, concluding it was a "dictatorship". 

The group described the new constituent assembly as "illegitimate" and said they would not acknowledge any of its actions.