At least 15 militants were killed by Pakistani military airstrikes in north-western tribal areas, reports the BBC.

“Nine terrorist hideouts were destroyed by early morning military air strikes near the Pakistan-Afghan border,” the military said in a statement.

The attacks came after the Taliban attacked a main airport in Karachi for 2 consecutive days. There were no deaths in the Taliban’s second assault on a Karachi airport today.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) will step up investigation and prosecution of sexual violence, including offences that may have been previously overlooked, stated a policy paper by the court's Chief Prosecutor.

Published last week, Fatou Bensouda noted in her paper,

“An act of a sexual nature is not limited to physical violence... Forced nudity is an example of the latter.”

Pakistan’s busiest airport, the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, was stormed by Taliban militants resulting in the death of at least 27 people last night, reports Reuters.

“The main goal of this attack was to damage the government, including by hijacking planes and destroying state installations,” said a Taliban spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid.

Security forces battled the Taliban insurgents for over 5 hours before finally regaining control of the airport at dawn.

The Indian government is to bring a “renewed vigour” to its engagement with the United States of America stated Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in his inaugural address to the 16th Lok Sabha earlier today.

Speaking on India-US relations, Mukherjee said,

China's Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, visited New Delhi on Sunday, to meet with the new Indian foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, followed by the newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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 A truth commission between the Colombian government and Farc rebel group is to be set up to address the loss of thousands of lives during the 5 decade long conflict.

A statement released by participants in the peace talks between the two groups said,

“The rights of all victims are non-negotiable. Victims must be recognised not only in their position as victims, but as citizens with rights.”

Speaking after the announcement, the Farc negotiator, Ivan Marquez, said,

Talks on Iran’s nuclear programme will start tomorrow between Iranian, US and European Union officials, at the United Nations in Geneva, reports Reuters.

“The meeting tomorrow with the Americans will be trilateral and Helga Schmidt, the deputy of EU foreign policy chief  Catherine Ashton, will be present as well,” said Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi.

Speaking to Reuters, a senior US official said,

Prince Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordan's ambassador to the UN, has been proposed as the next UN Human Rights Chief in an announcement made by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Friday.

Prince Zeid, a widely respected, long-standing diplomat, will replace the South African jurist, Navi Pillay as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The proposal will be considered by the UN General Assembly for approval. According to Reuters, UN diplomats said resistance to the proposal was unlikely, given Prince Zeid's wide respect within the diplomatic community.

An opposition land rights activist in Myanmar, was shot and killed in the northern Shan state, reports Voice of America.

Sai San Tun was allegedly taken away from his house by two men before his body was found a day later.

A member of the National League for Democracy, said the murdered activist had been involved in leading villagers to campaign against military land appropriation.