Two state broadcast journalists from South Sudan were arrested on Sunday for failing to cover a presidential speech, reports Reuters.

A public speech by besieged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has, where he denounced his opponents as “puppets of the west”, has drawn immediate and widespread criticism, as fighting in Syria continues to rage on.

In a defiant speech on Sunday, and the first public speech in six months, Assad told cheering supporters,

Protests by hundreds of opposition activists in Kuwait were broken up by security forces using stun grenades on Sunday.

Stating that the protest was not licensed, security forces began to disperse crowds as soon as they gathered in small groups of 200-300, and were seen to be chasing protesters into side streets.

The French arm of Basque nationalist party, Batasuna, announced the dissolution of the organisation on Thursday, putting an end to the movement long seen as the political wing of armed separatist group ETA.

Ten police officers were injured on Thursday evening during further loyalists riots over the removal of the union flag at Belfast City Hall. 

The violence, centred mainly around East Belfast, broke out on Thursday at around 6.30pm by Albertbridge Road, Castlereagh Road and Mountpottinger Street. 

Commenting on the incident Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton said: 

Congolese rebels have threatened to walk away from this week’s peace talks following an increased presence of government troops in the east.

The rebel, March 23 Movement(M23), affirmed that they would walk away unless the government agreed to sign an official ceasefire.

US forces have landed in Turkey to man Patriot missile stations along the Syrian border, reported Turkish state media Anadolu.

Patriot missile defense batteries were station in the region by U.S., Germany and the Netherlands in response to Syrian attacks on border villages.

Nato will be in overall control of the missiles and the soldiers, while the missiles will be operated by US troops.

Nepal’s government has summoned the UK ambassador in protest at the arrest by British police of a Nepali army officer on allegations of torture.

Col Kumar Lama, a serving member of Nepal's army who was visiting the UK, is accused of torturing a detainee in 2005 during Nepal's civil war.

A 46-year old man from Nepal has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police, over allegations of torture, committed in 2005 during the war in Nepal.

He was held on Thursday in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex and is currently detained in a police station in neighbouring Sussex.