United Nations officials in the Central African Republic (CAR), urging the international community to increase its support, stressed today, that a lack of a political solution and sufficient funding  was keeping the region in a state of constant instability that worsened the humanitarian crisis.

King’s College London University Students Union, Tuesday, passed a motion that supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, that urged the international community to suspend economic cooperation with Israeli entities in protest of Israeli policies and operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

The British Premier, David Cameron, outlined at the Houses of Commons today, that the European Union (EU) was preparing a strong set of sanctions to place against Russia should they intervene further into Ukraine.

A US congressional panel, yesterday, passed a resolution that urged Myanmar to end discrimination against the Rohingya people.

The House of Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution calling for Myanmar to “end all forms of persecution and discrimination” against the Rohingya community.

The United Nations human rights office today deemed that the recent Egyptian court decision to sentence over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death contravened international law.

Speaking in Geneva, the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said,

Leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, are to face charges of crimes against humanity and genocide for their conduct during the war that led to the independence of Bangladesh.

The United States will deploy military aircraft and more of special forces to hunt down Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

The US had already deployed 100 troops to help African troops to find him, and will now send another 150 Air Force special forces.

The Botswana ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai, has expressed concerns about increasing reports of reprisals against civil society activists, who are engaged with international human rights organisations.

Palai called on members to commit to an end to reprisals and contribute to a better response by the UN.

The statement, supported by 56 other member states of the UN Human Rights Council, comes in the wake of Sri Lanka’s recent crackdown on human rights activists, who sought to highlight disappearances and other abuses on the island, as the Council deliberates a resolution on Sri Lanka.

The G8 summit will not be held in Russia this year, said the British Premier, David Cameron  during his visit to the Netherlands today.

Urging Russia to respond to recent sanctions and change its course Cameron said,

“We should be clear there’s not going to be a G8 summit in Russia”

Over 500 alleged supporters of the ousted former President Morsi, were issued death sentences by an Egyptian court today.

Commenting on the court’s decision, a Cairo based lawyer in favour of the proceedings, Gamil Dorgham, said,

A former U.S congressman and current president of the US based ‘United to End Genocide’ activist group, Tom Andrews, outlined today that, “the building blocks of genocide” were evident during his month long visit to Burma this year.

Pro- and anti-Assad groups have clashed in Beirut, after a week of factional violence, which hit the coastal town of Tripoli, which left 25 dead.

Tensions between supporters of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and those who support the Syrian rebels have exacerbated in recent months.