The British prime minister David Cameron described the massacre of Indians at the city of Amritsar during colonial times was "deeply shameful", however he stopped short of a public apology.

Cameron who is on a three day visit of India in order to strenghten economic ties between the two countries, visited the memorial for victims at the Jallianwala Bagh where British soldiers gunned down thousands of unarmed protesters in 1919.

Writing in a visitor's book, Cameron wrote:

"formally recognises the Genocide against the people of Iraqi Kurdistan and encourages governments, the EU and UN to do likewise".

The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Hamadi Jebali resigned on Tuesday after failing to form a new government of non-partisan technocrats.

Speaking at a news conference Jebali said:

"I vowed that if my initiative did not succeed, I would resign and ... I have already done so,"

Jebali vowed to form a new government after Tunisia's secular opposition leader was assassinated.

A French soldier has been killed fighting rebels in Mali, announced the French president Francois Hollande. It is the second fatality since France deployed troops last month.

During his visit to Greece, Hollande said:

"There was a serious clash with many dead on the terrorist side but also a death on the French side."

EU ministers on Monday agreed to renew sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which includes an arms embargo to all sides.

Britain had earlier demanded that the embargo be lifted, but the EU instead agreed only to allow 'non-lethal' aid and 'technical assistance' to flow to the opposition.

A statement from the EU said that if need be, ministers would assess and review the sanctions regime again after three months.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said:

Hezbollah forces have attacked three Syrian villages near the Lebanese border according to the Syrian opposition.

The Lebanese Shia group has always denied sending fighters to assist Bashar al-Assad’s forces.

"The Hezbollah force moved on foot and was supported by multiple rocket launchers. The Free Syrian Army [FSA] had to call in two tanks that had been captured from the Assad army to repel the attack," Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) spokesman Hade al-Abdallah told Reuters news agency.

The European Union eased sanctions on Zimbabwe in acknowledgment of the government's political reforms, whilst also pledging to lift sanctions on a state run Zimbabwe diamond mining company if the country holds fair elections.

UN investigators said on Monday that they had identified Syrian leaders as suspected war criminals, who should face the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The UN Security Council was urged by the investigators to take urgent action to hold people accountable for violatons committed by both sides, including murder and torture, in the civil war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Syrians will be allowed to cross the ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights, in "exceptional" cases, after 7 injured Syrians were taken for hospital treatment by Israeli soldiers.

"We will continue to watch over the border and prevent anyone from crossing it and entering Israel except in a few isolated and exceptional circumstances - each of which will be weighed on its own merit," Mr Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting, according to the BBC.