India's Supreme Court today decriminalised homosexuality in a land mark ruling by a constitution bench of five judges. 

The Court unanimously decided to overturn the 158 year old law which criminalised consensual 'unnatural' sex, arguing that the colonial era law violated the right to equality. 

"Any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation violates fundamental rights," the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said. 

The German government handed back the remains of indigenous Namibians that were killed more than 100 years ago, but refused to issue an official apology for the genocide.

Two Reuters journalists who were arrested and detained for over 200 days whilst investigating ongoing massacres of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have been sentenced to seven years in prison.

In a landmark case that has evoked international condemnation, the Myanmar judge said his verdict is based on documents found on mobile phones of the reporters, that “can be useful to enemies of the country or the ones who oppose the country”.

Upto 30 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an attack on a military base in Zari, Borno state on Thursday. 

The attack is believed to have been carried out by suspected Islamic State members. 

“The battle lasted for about two hours and our colleagues fought them but things became bad before the fighter jets arrived. We lost about 30 of our soldiers and about 10 were wounded,” a military source, who did not want to be named, told Reuters. 

The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday said an air strike over Yemen last month which killed dozens of people was "unjustified" and pledged to bring hold anyone found to have made mistakes to account. 

“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition expresses regret over the mistakes, extends its sympathies, condolences and solidarity to the families of the victims,” a statement published by the Saudi state news agency SPA said, Reuters reports. 

The coalition also promised to provide compensation for the victims in conjunction with the Yemeni government 

The Nicaraguan government has instructed a United Nations human rights delegation to leave following the publication of a report condemning rights violations and repression by the president, Daniel Ortega's regime. 

Myanmar's government today rejected a report released by the United Nations which calls for an investigation into the genocide of the Rohingya people by Myanmese troops as "false". 

"We didn't allow the FFM (the UN Fact-Finding Mission) to enter into Myanmar, that's why we don't agree and accept any resolutions made by the Human Rights Council," a senior government spokesperson, Zaw Htay was quoted by the state run Global New Light of Myanmar as saying. 

A United Nations report has called for senior figures in Myanmar’s military to face trial for genocide committed against the Rohingya population.

The UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar was set up in March 2017 and headed by Marzuki Darusman who also co-authored the 2011 report produced by a panel of experts on mass atrocities in Sri Lanka.

A founding member of the Argentinian disappearances activist group, Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, died on Tuesday, aged 95, having never located her disappeared granddaughter despite a 40 year search.

Maria Isabel Chorobik de Mariani, known as “Chicha” Mariani, helped found the group in response to hundreds, and possibly thousands, of children who were abducted during Argentina’s military dictatorship between 1974 and 1983.

Throughout the past several weeks, the Indian state of Kerala has been disturbed by heavy rain and immense flooding leaving at least 400 people dead.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced 500 crore rupees to the state for relief, but controversy has arisen over an offer from the United Arab Emirates of 700 crores for relief. The UAE, which has over 2 million Indian migrants with many from Kerala, made the offer last week, with Mr Modi, thanking the state for the “gracious offer".

However, a senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officer told NDTV, "as of now the centre is not accepting financial help from any foreign country, so the same applies to the offer made by UAE."

Sinn Fein has called for Northern Ireland's friendly international football match with Israel to be cancelled citing ongoing human rights concerns over the country's "slaughter" of Palestinians. 

"Sinn Fein continue to support the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel under which cultural, academic and sporting links fall," MLA Sinead Ennis said. 

El Salvador on Tuesday broke ties with Taiwan as it sought to establish diplomatic relations with China, becoming the third Latin American country in two years to do so. 

“Fundamentally, it’s an interest in betting on the growth of our country with one of the world’s most booming economies,” El Salvador's presidential spokesperson, Roberto Lorenzana said in an interview broadcast on Monday. 

“El Salvador can’t turn its back on international reality.”

Angola has asked the IMF for talks on a bailout, promising more structural reform to the sub-Saharan nation’s economy in return.

A statement from the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director confirmed that Angolan authorities had written to the organisation to initiate discussions on an economic program that could be supported by the IMF’s fund for countries experiencing serious payment imbalances or slow growth and weak balance of payments positions.

Police in Germany have arrested two Kurdish activists over the use of People’s Protection Units (YPG) flags in protests, reports Kurdistan 24.

The activists, identified as Munich Kurdish Society Center Co-chairs Azad Bingol and Hezwan Abdal, had their houses raided by the State Security branch of the Munich police on Tuesday.