The Colombian general and two others who were detained by Farc militants two weeks ago have been released to the Red Cross.
General Ruben Dario Alzate was captured earlier this month due to the government's continuing military operations against the rebels, during peace-talks.
The capture lead the government to suspend the peace-talks.
The US led coalition increased its assault on Islamic State militants, with over 30 airstrikes on the de-facto capital of Raqqa in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
At least 100 people were killed by Syrian government airstrikes which targeted mosques and public markets, last week said the Syrian observatory using reports form the ground.
British lawmakers looking to inquire into Hong Kong’s progress towards democracy will not be allowed to enter the region, the Chinese government decided on Sunday.
“I have been informed by the Chinese Embassy that if we attempt to travel to Hong Kong we will be refused entry,” the foreign affairs select committee chairman said in a statement.
“We are a committee of elected Members of Parliament from a democratic nation who wish to scrutinise British diplomatic work in Hong Kong. The Chinese government are acting in an overtly confrontational manner in refusing us access to do our job,” added Richard Ottoway.
The committee is looking to analyse Britain’s relations with Hong Kong after handing it over to China 30 years ago, reports Reuters.
The news comes as thousands of pro-democracy activists clashed with police whilst demonstrating outside government headquarters, in the early hours of Monday.
The protesters demanding free elections for the city’s next leader in 2017, charged ad security forces with makeshift barricades as they were struck by security force batons, reports Reuters.
The European Union imposed sanctions on organisers of elections for independence in eastern Ukraine reports Reuters.
The eastern separatists, including Ukrainian ministers supporting the cause, were hit by travel bans and asset freezes against 5 of their political organisations.
Croatia's prime minister Zoran Milanovic has cancelled a planned trip to Serbia, protesting Belgrade's failure to distance itself from comments made by Serbian nationalist leader who was recently released from a UN war crimes tribunal.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been cleared of killings which occurred during the uprising which toppled his regime three years ago, after his initial life sentence was overturned and a retrial ordered.
Around 2000 protestors gathered on Tahrir Square in Cairo after the announcement, but were soon dispersed by police using tear gas.
At least four protesters have been killed and scores of others injured as Egyptian security forces opened fire on thousands of demonstrators protesting against the government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, reports Aljazeera.
France warned that it would recognise a Palestine state if the final international effort for peace talks between Israel and Palestine failed whilst proposing a two-year negotiation time frame to end the conflict through a UN backed resolution.
British police are free to investigate members of the Egyptian cabinet for war crimes confirmed the UK High Court on Thursday, after ruling that they were not immune from investigation.
The UK Crown Prosecution Service agreed to inform the Metropolitan Police that “issues of immunity do not preclude investigations into allegations against persons still in office, irrespective of their function, for the purpose of future prosecution”.
Five people have been killed in an attack on the British embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday in a suicide bombing, reports Reuters.
One Briton is believed to be among the dead, whilst 33 people were injured.
"I can confirm it was a British vehicle and there are some injuries. We are working with the Afghan authorities," a British embassy spokesperson told the news agency on condition of anonymity.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it had "targeted foreign invading forces".
A US drone strike in Pakistan killed 5 militants, a government official said on Wednesday.
The US drone strike hit a house used by militants, near the Afghan border, as the Pakistani military intensified their own airstrikes in an offensive against Taliban militants.
The Pakistani government condemned the US strike as an infringement of Pakistani sovereignty.
Foreign ministers from up to 60 countries within a US led coalition against Islamic State militants will hold their first meeting next week in Brussels.
