The Bahraini government has revoked the citizenships of 31 human rights activists.

A statement, published by the interoior ministry, said that the activists have “undermined state security” and under Article 10 of Citizenship Law, the “re-evaluation of nationality” was permitted.

The UN Security Council extended the non-African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia for another four months, following Uganda’s threats to pull out its peacekeeping troops.

Britain will review the current EU embargo on Syria in order to aid rebels, reported The Guardian on Wednesday.

With the US elections completed, Prime Minister David Cameron wants to push President Obama to prioritise Syria.

The Turkish government is to submit a reform to parliament allowing defendants to speak in languages other than Turkish in court.

The ruling has significant implications on Kurdish militants, who have been on hunger strike for 56 days so far, with one of their key demands being the right to speak in Kurdish at trial.

The Haqqani network has been placed on the UN Security Council’s Taliban sanctions list.

The Pakistani network, close to the Taliban and other militant organisations, has been blamed for many high profile attacks, including last year’s attack on the US embassy in Kabul, which killed sixteen Afghans.

"I do not cry. I have 10 fingers on my hands. Such was my pain that day, as if someone had cut off all 10 of my fingers. I had seven children. Now I am left with one son. It doesn't bring the dead to life if I cry."

"Why didn't the murderer wait for me... Why did he kill my children but not wait for me?"

We want to see this man hang,... I won't speak his name, I don't want to dirty my mouth. I would like to hang him myself. I'll go to America to the Mahkama [court], to the great court, to see him hang. Then my heart will be calm."

A UN human rights investigator, who was investigating alleged violations in South Sudan, has been expelled, after being accused of publishing “unethical” reports.

The report is thought to be a publication from August, which accuses the country’s army of torture, rapes, killings and abductions.

Two people, identified as foreign workers, have been killed in a series of bomb blasts in Bahrain’s capital city, Manama on Monday.

Activists have claimed that Syrian rebels have captured an oil field in eastern Syria.

Al-Ward oil field was captured by the rebels after several days of fighting, reported the Syrian Human Rights Observatory.

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has sparked widespread anger and condemnation within the Palestinian territories and abroad for publicly waiving his right to return to live in his town of birth.

Talking to Israeli Channel 2 about Safed, his town of birth from which his family fled in 1948, Abbas said:

The Syria National Council held talks on Sunday in Doha in an effort to form a more united coalition, and consider the possibility of transforming it into a government in exile.

Set to take place over four days, the talks are to include younger voices with a view to forming a stronger united leadership for the anti-Assad force.