The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussain called on Myanmar’s government to condemn Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu for the sexist insults directed at South Korea’s envoy to the country, Yanghee Lee, who had highlighted anti-Muslim sentiment.

Mr Wirathu of the notorious Buddhist nationalist 969 movement was slammed by Mr Zeid, who called the language employed by the monk as “sexist” and “incitement to hatred”.

"I call on religious and political leaders in Myanmar to unequivocally condemn all forms of incitement to hatred including this abhorrent public personal attack," Mr Zeid said in a statement.

Ms Lee had said the country’s Rohingya Muslims faced discrimination and criticised draft legislation, proposed by a coalition of nationalist Buddhist monks, which includes restrictions on interfaith marriage and religious conversions.

Last week the UN passed a resolution, calling on Myanmar to grant the Rohingya citizenship.

The monk criticised UN “interference” and attacked Ms Lee at a rally last Friday.

The prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to six months in prison over a tweet in which he suggested Bahraini jails served as an "ideological incubator" for jihadists.

The founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights has been imprisoned several times for his activism.

The Yemeni capital Sanaa has been overrun by Houthi rebels, who have stationed their fighters at strategic points in the city, including the presidential palace.

The rebels defeated the presidential guard and have surrounded the private home of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, but Houthi officials said he was free to leave.

“President Hadi is still in his home. There is no problem; he can leave,” Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi politburo, told Reuters.

A former special investigations chief with Guatemala's national police has been sentenced to 90 years over an attack on the Spanish embassy during a protest in 1980, which left 37 people dead.

Pedro Garcia Arredendo was found guilty of homicide and crimes against humanity for his role in the raid on the building, which was occupied by indigenous people, peasants and students, during a protest in the country's 36-year long civil war.

The police chief, who denied the charges, ordered officers to prevent those in the mission from leaving as it burned down.

Among those killed in the fire were Vicente Menchu, the father of indigenous rights activist and winner of the 1992 Noble Peace Prize, Rigoberta Menchu, the Spanish consul and two Guatemalan politicians who had been visiting the embassy, former vice-president Eduardo Caceres Lenhoff and former foreign minister Adolfo Molina Orantes.

Violent clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo have left at least four people dead, after protests erupted over the future of President Joseph Kabila.

The demonstrations started over Mr Kabila's presidential tenure, which is coming to an end next year. He is blocked from running for a third term by the country' constitution. Protestors say the government is attempting to delay the elections by holding a census.

Protestors demanded that Mr Kabila steps down with the end of his term next year. The government admits the census could delay the elections but claims it is vital to ensure fair and free elections.

A senior leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army has arrived in the International Criminal Court in The Hague to stand trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Dominic Ongwen, said to be the feared deputy of the rebel group's leader, Joseph Kony, was taken into US custody in the Central African Republic earlier this month, after Uganda agreed he should be tried by the ICC, despite being a critic of the court, the BBC reports.

The ICC in a statement thanked the Central African Republic, Uganda, Belgium and the Netherlands, the African Union and the US - who are not a signatory to the Rome Statute - for facilitating the detention and transfer of Mr Ongwen.

Protests in Niger over the publications of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed have left at least 10 people dead and 45 churches torched.

Hotels, bars and shops were also attacked and looted during the protests over the weekend.

Over 99% of Niger's population is Muslim and many were offended by the depiction of the prophet in the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo magazine, which was attacked by gunmen earlier this month.

A United States judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the United Nations (UN), which claimed that the international body bears responsibility for the deadly outbreak of cholera in Haiti.

US district Judge J. Paul Oetken ruled that the UN charter gives the organisation immunity from legal action, stating that the UN had not waived any immunity.

"Where such an express waiver is absent, the UN and [its operation in Haiti] are immune from suit," said Oetken in his judgement.

The lawsuit had alleged that the UN had not screened peacekeepers that arrived in Haiti for cholera and that the peacekeepers were responsible for the poor sanitation and waste disposal practises that led to the outbreak, killing thousands. The claims have been backed by scientific studies, reported Al Jazeera.

"The court's decision implies that the UN can operate with impunity," said lawyer Beatrice Lindstrom. "We don't think that is the law."

"It essentially implies that there is nowhere in the world one can turn when the UN doesn’t comply with its legal obligations and when the UN refuses to provide justice,” added Lindstrom.

An attack on a UN camp in Mali has left one Chadian peacekeeper dead and another injured.

Gunmen and suicide bombers ambushed the camp in the north-eastern town of Kidal on Saturday morning, reported the BBC.

A UN official confirmed the attack to Reuters news agency, but did not provide further details.