Authorities in Myanmar declared a curfew in the country's second largest city on Thursday, Mandalay, reports the BBC, after Buddhists and Muslims clashed for the second night.

The curfew bans gatherings of more than five people from 9pm till 5am.

The body of a Palestinian youth was found dead on Wednesday in what is suspected to be a revenge attack, following the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank.

"In the early hours of Wednesday morning, police received a report of a person being forced into a car in Beit Hanina," the Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP.

"Within an hour, a body was found in Jerusalem that has still not been identified. We are looking to see if there is a connection between the two incidents."

Local residents identified the youth as a 16 year old boy named Muhammad Hussein Abu Khdeir, stating that he was kidnapped into a car by three [Israeli] settlers, the Times of Israel reported.

According to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot, the body was "charred, and showed signs of violence".

A senior official of the Fatah movement, led by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, told Reuters that the Israeli government must take responsibility for the killing.

"The Israeli government bears responsibility for Jewish terrorism and for the kidnapping and murder in occupied Jerusalem," the official, Dmitry Diliani, said.

The suspected revenge attack meanwhile sparked clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem, with police firing rubber bullets and using tear gas, reported Al Jazeera and the BBC. 

An emotionally charged funeral took place on Tuesday, as the Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu declared a national day of morning.

New Delhi summoned senior US diplomats, after leaked documents revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was authorised to spy on the ruling party, BJP in 2010.

Describing the spying activities as "unacceptable", New Delhi "sought an assurance from the US that it won't happen again," reported NDTV.

Israel launched air strikes over Gaza on Tuesday, hours after Israeli sources said the bodies of three missing teenagers had been found in the West Bank, reports Reuters.

Tens of thousands of protesters in Hong-Kong joined a pro-democracy march through the city Tuesday, a day after the city voted in a referendum for democratic reform, reports The Guardian.

A public referendum held in Hong Kong for democratic reform, registered over 800,000 votes today, reports AlJazeera.

ISIS militants declared  an Islamic caliphate today, renaming themselves and their captured territory as a new Islamic state.

The announcement will see ISIS refer to itself as ‘The Islamic State,’ reports The Guardian.

Three Israeli teenagers who went missing earlier this month were found dead in the West Bank today, reports the BBC.

Israel has accused Hamas of being responsible for the disappearance of the three teenagers, a claim that Hamas has denied.

The Israeli military has set up blockades and closed down areas within a few kilometres of where the Israeli bodies were found.

South Africa will re-launch a claims process that will allow families that were removed from their land under apartheid rule to apply for compensation announced the presidency on Monday.

“The Act now provides for the re-opening of the lodgement of land claims by those who missed the 31 December 1998 deadline,” a presidency statement said.

North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles ahead of a state visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to South Korea, reports Reuters. 

Iraq received its first batch of fighter jets it ordered from Russia to aid the fight against ISIS militants, reports BBC.

Iraq’s ministry of defence said that the deal with Russia “was aimed at increasing the firepower of the air force and the rest of the armed forces in order to fight terrorism.”

The Israeli Prime Minister, Sunday, showed support for Kurdish independence amidst worsening sectarian violence in Iraq, reports the Associated Press.