Hamas which runs the Gaza Strip, welcomed the decision by Egypt, adding that the move signalled a strengthening relationship between Hamas and Egypt.

Recent investigations found that 8 of the 10 men convicted with the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yusafzai were released.

Italy, Algeria and Lesotho reaffirmed their support for self determination of the Saharawi people last week, after a series of high level meetings.

A joint statement released by Algeria and Italy in Rome said,

The former leader of Egypt Hosni Mubarak is to go on trial for a third time over the killing of protestors in 2011.

Negotiators from both sides in Cuba agreed to implement the scheme after a fin

A former senior official with the Hungarian Communist Party who was earlier convicted of war crimes will face a retrial, ruled a Budapest appeals court.

A group of asylum seekers who were rejected from resettling in Australia have arrived in Cambodia under a controversial new resettlement scheme.

The group, consisting of 3 Iranian and 1 Rohingya asylum seekers, were being held at a detention centre on Nauru by Australian authorities.

At least 20 Indian soldiers are said to have been killed during an attack on a convoy by Maoist fighters in the state of Manipur.

The attack comes amidst increased tensions over the death of a local woman activist,  killed by members of the paramilitary Assam Rifles. The government has accepted responsibility for the death of 55-year old Ruisoting and agreed to pay compensation to her family.

Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari said the government will leave "no stone unturned" in investigating the reports of widespread human rights violations committed by the military.

Amnesty International this week released a report saying the military had killed over 8,000 men and boys who were in its custody.

The Israeli government has sharply criticised the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which campaigns for greater isolation of Israel and Israeli trade due to the occupation of Palestinian land, termed as illegal by the UN.

The latest attack on the movement by senior figures, including Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, comes after the UK's National Union of Students decided on Tuesday to support the BDS campaign and French telecoms giant Orange said it wants to cut business ties with Israel.

The prime minister responded angrily on Thursday, calling on "the French government to publicly repudiate the miserable statement and miserable action by a company that is under its partial ownership", AP reported.

US President Barack Obama said Myanmar must “put an end to discrimination” of Rohingya Muslims in the country if it is to succeed on is transition to democracy.

Addressing a group of young Asians at the White House Mr Obama was asked what the country needed to do to succeed, as it begins to shift from decades of military rule.

"I think one of the most important things is to put an end to discrimination against people because of what they look like or what their faith is,” said Mr Obama. “And the Rohingya have been discriminated against. And that’s part of the reason they’re fleeing."

Asked how he would feel about where he would want to live if he was Rohingya, Mr Obama said, "I would want to stay in the land where my parents had lived, but I’d want to make sure that my government was protecting me and that people were treating me fairly."