The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, and the British Prime Minister David Cameron signed the agreement for a referendum on Scottish independence in 2014 - 'The Edinburgh agreement'.

The referendum will be a simple yes/no vote, despite Salmond's push to have a third option of "devo max", however, as Salmond had campaigned for, the vote will be extended to 16 and 17 year olds.

The Colombian government has apologised to the country’s indigenous communities for the devastation caused by the Amazon rubber boom around a hundred years ago.

Civil groups say up to 100,000 people were killed when a Peruvian company, backed by the Colombian government, caused devastation while harvesting rubber from 1912 to 1929.

The Ministry of Defence has said it will investigate claims by the Sunday Times that arms firms call on retired senior military officers to lobby the government for multi-million pound arms deals.

New evidence has surfaced that indicates that the Syrian air force has used cluster bombs, reported Human Rights Watch.

Videos posted online by Syrian activists displayed the remnants of cluster munitions.

The Human Rights Watch arms director, Steve Goose, condemned Syria’s actions, proclaiming,

An United Nations-backed panel discussion at Rutgers University in the US state of New Jersey, has explored the role of genocide and war crimes prosecution in Cambodia and how accountability has helped ‘reconcile’ the country.

Speaking at the event, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Stephen Mathias stated,

A resolution adopted by the UN Security Council paves the way for military intervention in Mali's north, where Islamist rebels have taken control of the area after overthrowing the president in March.

Syria announced on Saturday that it will no longer allow Turkish civilian planes to fly over its territory, just days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian flight allegedly carrying Russian munitions to the Syrian army.

The Scottish government has struck a deal with Westminster that will allow an independence referendum to take place in the near future.

The “Section 30” order, due to be formally announced on Monday, will transfer power from Westminster to Holyrood, Scotland, and will include an agreement for a single ‘yes or ‘no’ question on independence to take place before 2014.

For the first time in ten years, a British envoy will meet with the BJP's Narendra Modi, under the instructions of the British foreign minister for India, Hugo Swire.

Seven Royal Marines have been arrested after information emerged that an insurgent was murdered.

A fellow soldier claimed that the insurgent was killed by British troops in a way that broke the army’s strict rules of engagement.

The United States has criticised the Russian government as “morally bankrupt” after a plane travelling to Syria was seized by Turkish authorities, who claimed Russian military equipment was on board en route to the Syrian regime.

A Syrian passenger plane that departed from Moscow has been forced to land in Ankara after Turkish fighter jets intercepted it and escorted the Syrian Air flight to Esenboga airport.

Turkish authorities stopped the plane over suspicions that it carried military equipment.

Officials claimed “illegal cargo” was discovered on the plane and it had been confiscated.

“The unlawful killing by both Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces only grows worse; both sides need to halt this downward spiral. Nigeria’s government should swiftly bring to justice the Boko Haram members and security agents who have committed these serious crimes.”