US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that further sanctions against the Iranian government could lead to the failure of ongoing nuclear talks.

Kerry told the BBC that the so-called P5+1, US, UK, France, Russia and China plus Germany, came “extremely close” to finalising a deal with Iran over the weekend.

A former Argentine army officer, convicted of crimes against humanity, has escaped in Buenos Aires.

Alejandro Lawless was sentenced in 2010 for crimes committed during military rule between 1976 and 1983.

 Bangladesh’s former State Minister for Agriculture, Syed Mohammed Qaiser, was charged, this week, with 18 war crimes that were committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Chinese soldiers arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday to take part in disaster relief exercises along with their US counterparts - the first time soldiers from China's People Liberation Army would have drilled on US territory.

Speaking to the press last Tuesday, Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command said,

Fourteen countries were elected to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, to sit in the 47-member council for a three year term starting in 2014.

The new members Algeria, China, Cuba, France, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Vietnam, Russia, and the United Kingdom were all elected by a secret ballot at the UN headquarters in New York.

The US State Department is to proscribe the Nigerian group, Boko Haram, as a 'foreign terrorist organisation' reports Reuters, citing congressional sources.

The proscription will make it illegal to provide 'material support' to the group.

Hundreds of Buddhists marched through Burma’s biggest city, Yangon, to protest against the upcoming visit of an Islamic Political organisation.

The UN’s highest court, the International Court of justice in The Hague, has ruled that the disputed area around the Preah Vihear temple complex belongs to Cambodia.

The court said Cambodia should have full sovereignty over the temple and Thailand should withdraw all soldiers from the area at once.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry said that he hoped an agreement on Iran's nuclear program would be reached within months on Monday, amid improved ties between Tehran and the West.

At a news conference on Monday, Kerry said, "through diplomacy we have an absolute responsibility to pursue an agreement."

A peace deal between M23 rebels and the Congolese government is yet to be signed, after government officials asked for more time to study a proposed document.

The Congolese M23 rebels will sign a peace agreement with the Congolese government on Monday, after giving up their struggle during an offensive by the United Nations backed Democratic Republic of Congo army, last week.

Washington remains sceptical about Iran's willingness to roll back its nuclear programme, according to US Secretary of State John Kerry.

Although some progress was made in talks between Iran and the US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany, no deal was reached.

Kerry told press:

"We are not blind, and I don't think we're stupid,"

A Guardian special report looked at the work the the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) does in identifying victims from mass graves and bringing suspected war criminals to justice.

The report, entitled 'From Bosnia to Syria: the investigators identifying victims of genocide', quotes Adam Boys, the organisation's chief operating officer, as saying,

Iran's Deputy Minister for Trade and Mining was shot dead by unknown assailants in Tehran on Sunday night, according to reports.

Safdar Rahmat Abadi was shot in the head and chest as he got into his car on Sunday night, said the IRNA, who quoted police officials as saying,