Donald Trump’s administration has rejected a US Senate resolution formally recognising the mass killings of Armenians between 1915-1923 as genocide, despite a unanimous vote by US lawmakers acknowledging it as such.  

Before the resolution was passed, the Trump administration requested Republican senators to block the passage several times on the basis that it would jeopardise negotiations and relationships with Turkey.

Baloch activists on Monday took to Twitter to campaign for the return of two disappeared students, abducted over sixth months earlier allegedly by Pakistani intelligence forces.

The two students Feroz Baloch and Jamil Baloch were reportedly made to disembark from a passenger bus by plain-clothes intelligence officers in May 2019.

Airstrikes in Idlib, in northwest Syria, conducted by the Russian government have resulted in the deaths of at least 22 civilians including many children.

The airstrikes have caused a mass exodus as civilians are fleeing towards internally displaced people (IDP) camps set up near the Turkish border. 

After gaining a landmark majority of in the UK general election, the Conservative government is to introduce an anti-BDS (Boycott Divest and Sanction) bill which would make it illegal for any public body to work with organisations that boycott, divest or sanction Israel in any way.

UK Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues, Erik Pickles, announced the bill whilst speaking in Jerusalem on Sunday. He further claimed that “BDS is antisemitic and should be treated as such”. This measure would prevent local Labour party councils from supporting groups which boycott Israel.

The United States will implement visa restrictions against South Sudan leaders who “undermine or impede the peace process” in the country, the Secretary of State has said.

The performance of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Britain’s General Election has sent a "clear message" on a second independence referendum, said leader Nicola Sturgeon, after the party made wide gains across Scotland.

The SNP won 48 seats with 45% of the vote, thirteen seats more than it did in 2017. Amongst the key victories was the unseating of Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in East Dunbartonshire.

As voting closed in the United Kingdom today, exit polls predict a Conservative Party majority in the 2019 General Election. 

Votes are currently being counted across Britain with results being declared throughout the night.

All of the country’s major parties have campaigned for British Tamil votes this election, with Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson releasing a video message praising the Tamil community in the early hours of the morning. “I want to thank the Tamil community for everything they do for our country,” he said.

The Upper House of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) approved the Citizenship Amendment Bill on Wednesday with 125 votes in favour and 105 against.

Two alleged leaders of a mostly Christian militia operating in the Central African Republic will face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity against the nation’s Muslim community.