The Israeli government is to allow an official visit from the working group of the International Criminal Court, which is currently investigation alleged war crimes committed during the 2014 war with Hamaz in Gaza.
Indigenous communities from across the United States have mobilised on the Standing Rock reservation to protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), as clashes turned violent this weekend.
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon on Friday launched a "new conversation" on independence, in order for Scotland to "control its own destiny".
Pointing to polls taken after Brexit which show support for independence had increased since the 2014 referendum, Ms Sturgeon said "and while I take nothing for granted, I suspect support for independence will be even higher if it becomes clear that it is the best, or the only way to protect our interests."
The United States and China have agreed a deal to tackle climate change, formally ratifying the Paris agreement, ahead of the G20 summit in Hangzhou.
“Just as I believe the Paris agreement will ultimately prove to be a turning point for our planet, I believe that history will judge today’s efforts as pivotal,” the US president, Barack Obama said on Saturday at a press conference with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas in protest on Thursday rallying in large number against the current president, Nicolas Maduro.
Demonstraters chanted "this government will fall" as they marched dressed in white and called for a recall referendum. They blamed the current government's socialist policies for the country's deep economic crisis with a widespread shortage of food and rising poverty.
One of the most significant Islamic State leaders, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, has been killed in an attack in Syria, the group announced on Tuesday.
Mr Adnani served as a spokesperson for the group and head of operations overseas, and such is believed to have been key in attacks aimed at European targets.
The United States spoke out against violence between the Turkish military and Kurdish militias in northern Syria, calling on both sides to concentrate on fighting the Islamic State.
The Islamic State has claimed a suicide attack in Yemen on Monday, which left fifty-four people dead.
A car ladened with explosives was driven into a militia compound in Aden, Reuters reported.
"Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment center in Aden city," a statement published by the Amaq news agency reportedly said.
After four years of intense fighting, Syrian opposition groups have left the town of Darayya, allowing Syrian government forces to take control of the region under a deal.
The Colombian government on Wednesday signed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), bringing to five decades of violence.
“Today I can say - from the bottom of my heart - that I have fulfilled the mandate that you gave me,” the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos was quoted by Reuters as saying, referring to his 2014 electoral victory on the pledge of a peace deal.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday called on the international community "to establish an international, independent body to carry out comprehensive investigations in Yemen" after a UN Human Rights Council report highlighting the extent of human rights violations.
Over 3500 civiians are believed to have been killed since March 2015 in the conflict.
Syrian fighters backed by the Turkish military and US airstrikes have seized control of a Syrian border town from the Islamic State, according to the latest reports.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that fighters had retaken the town of Jarablus, after Turkish troops crossed the border into Syria to assist in the fight against Islamic State.
The military operation takes place as US Vice-President Joe Biden arrived in Turkey and expressed solidarity with Ankara.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned the Nigerian military against launching a “crackdown” and committing human rights abuses in the conflict with Boko Haram, at an address in Sokoto, Nigeria today.
Expressing the United States support for the Nigerian government’s war against Boko Haram, Mr Kerry said trust must be built in government structures in order to counter violent extremism.
The international aid agency Oxfam criticised Britain's policy of selling arms to Saudi Arabia, and described ministers as being in "denial and disarray".
Oxfam accused Britain of going from being an "enthusiastic backer" of the Arms Trade Treaty to "one of the most significant violators" and is expected to raise the issue of sales to Saudi Arabia at the second conference of states party to the treaty in Geneva today.
