“One year ago the world lost a leader whose struggle and sacrifices inspired us to stand up for our fundamental principles, whose example reminded us of the enduring need for compassion, understanding, and reconciliation, and whose vision saw the promise of a better world.”

“There are several reasons why we had to withdraw the charges in this case and one of them is lack of cooperation of the government of Kenya, [and] another one is intimidation of witnesses for them not to be able to come forward to give us their evidence.”

“The fact that we are confronted with these challenges is really the reason why the charges are being withdrawn and no other reason. Not because we do not want to do justice in this case.”

“We will not forget the victims. We will keep trying. I will be receiving information, we will be assessing that information, and we will know what further steps we are going to try based on the information that we will receive.”

The International Criminal Court has withdrawn charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta, due to a lack of evidence against the Kenyan leader.

A statement by the prosecutors said the evidence had "not improved to such an extent that Mr Kenyatta's alleged criminal responsibility can be proven beyond reasonable doubt".

On Wednesday the ICC gave prosecutors a deadline of one week to provide the court with evidence against Kenyatta, or drop the charges.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda previously accused the Kenyan government of withholding evidence, including items such as Kenyatta's bank statement. At least seven witnesses have also dropped out amidst allegations of bribery and intimidation.

Bosnian and Serb police have made 15 arrests suspected of committing a war crime in 1993.

The incident during the Bosnian war saw Bosnian Serbs attack a train in the town of Strpci, near the Serbian border, killing 19 people, including 18 Bosniaks. The victims are reported to have been hauled of the train, tortured and shot, before their bodies were thrown into a river.

“When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that’s a problem.”

The United States Congress has passed a bill stopping all social benefits to former Nazi soldiers now residing in the US, reports CNN.

"While the number of Nazis receiving Social Security is few, allowing payments to continue is an insult to those who suffered at the hands of the Nazis," the Republican Rep for Texas, Sam Johnson, was quoted as saying.

The bill, named the 'No Social Security for Nazis Act', was passed unanimously by the House on Tuesday.

Commenting on the unity of the House regarding the bill, the Democratic Rep of New York, Carolyn Maloney told CNN: "If we can't agree on this, my goodness what can we agree on?"

The Irish government has decided to ask the European Court of Human Rights to revise its judgment over one of the most harrowing torture cases during the Troubles.

Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan, will make the request in light of a recent RTÉ documentary which unearthed military documents that appear to show Britain accepted that interrogation techniques used on the men amounted to torture.

Fourteen Irish men were detained in 1971 after the introduction of internment without trial, and were subjected to torture at the Ballykelly army base. Many of the men were hooded and flown to the location, before being thrown from hovering helicopters. Testimonials suggest the men were told they were hundreds of feet in the air, despite being only a few feet from the ground

The ECHR admonished the UK in 1978 for its inhuman and degrading treatment of the detainees, but fell short of finding Britain guilty of torture.

A deadly attack on the Chechen capital Grozny has left at least 16 people dead.

Gunmen breached heavy security in the fortified town, driving and firing at a police checkpoint, a school and a publishing house, reported the BBC.

Video footage showed the publishing house in flames and there were heavy clashes before the gunmen were killed, with nine of the dead thought to be militants.

Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been sentenced to three years in prison for tearing up a picture of the king by a court in Bahrain. Judges gave her the option to pay a fine to avoid jail time until her appeal.

Human rights organisations have condemned the jailing of al-Khawaja, with Amnesty International saying they would consider her to be a "prisoner of conscience", if jailed.

"Tearing up a photo of the head of state should not be a criminal offence," Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Said Boumedouha said.