Australian immigration authorities are facing renewed criticism over their treatment asylum seekers and other detainees, following a series of damning reports about conditions in offshore and mainland detention facilities.

A former senior UK Special Forces officer has told a public inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan that the SAS had a "golden pass allowing them to get away with murder"

An Israeli soldier accused of war crimes has fled Brazil amid an investigation into his actions in Gaza, local media reported Sunday.

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a pro-Palestine advocacy organisation, filed a criminal complaint last week accusing the soldier, who was in Brazil as a tourist, of involvement in the Israeli military’s systematic demolition of civilian homes in Gaza.

On Saturday, a Brazilian court instructed police to investigate the soldier for war crimes.

Jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted indicating that he may be prepared to call for militants to lay down their arms.