The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has criticised a law passed by Thailand’s ruling military junta, labelling it a move “even more draconian” than martial law.

Whilst Thailand’s junta lifted martial law this month, article 44 of the interim charter allows Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, “to issue any legislative, executive or judicial order”.

“Normally, I would welcome the lifting of martial law – and indeed strongly advocated for it to be lifted in Thailand,” said Mr Zeid. “But I am alarmed at the decision to replace martial law with something even more draconian, which bestows unlimited power on the current Prime Minister without any judicial oversight at all.”

The president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday rejected Israel’s release of frozen Palestinian tax revenue, stating that a third of the funds had been withheld by Israel.

Israel withheld a third of the $130 million a month tax customs, that had been frozen over past months, to cover Palestinian debts to Israeli utility companies.

Mr Abbas, in a speech made after Israel’s partial return of withheld Palestinian revenue, said,

“We are returning the money. Either they give it to us in full or we go to arbitration or to the court (ICC). We will not accept anything else.”

Houthi militants in Yemen made further advances in the presidential city of Aden amidst Saudi led coalition airstrikes on Sunday, reports the BBC.

The advances came despite calls from the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Russia, for an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

At least 185 people have been killed and 1282 injured in Aden since last week reports the health department director Al-Kheder Lassouar.

A French court is reportedly set to release a man accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide, refusing to extradite him to face charges in Rwanda.

France’s appeals court ruled in favour of Claude Muhayimana, who was arrested in northern France in 2010.

The court stated that since the crime of genocide was not on Rwanda’s statute books 1994, Mr Muhayimana cannot be sent back to the country to face charges relating to genocide.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called for a 24 hour ceasefire in Yemen, as it attempted to deliver medical aid to besieged areas of the country.

Stating that there was a “dire humanitarian situation” in the country, Robert Mardini, the aid group's head of operations in the Middle East, said, "we urgently need an immediate halt to the fighting to allow families in the worst affected areas, such as Aden, to venture out to get food and water, or to seek medical care."

"All air, land and sea routes must be opened without delay for at least 24 hours to enable help to reach people cut off after more than a week of intense air strikes and fierce ground fighting nationwide," said an ICRC statement.

The North Korean government has test-fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean military officials.

The missiles were fired into the sea from Dongchang-ri, on the west coast of the country, a statement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Pyongyang regularly conducts missile tests when the south and the US are engaged in military drills, as they are currently.

A JCS spokesman said Friday's test "appeared to have been supervised by Kim Jong-Un", AFP reports.

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Friday,  threatened to boycott upcoming elections if the current country constitution remained unchanged. 

Speaking to Reuters, Ms Suu Kyi said that US praise for Myanmar’s new semi-civilian government, which took power in 2011, had made it “complacent” and hindering delivering true reform.

Responding on whether her part would run in elections without a constitutional change, Ms Suu Kyi, said,