Rwanda’s ruling president Paul Kagame has won a third term in office after a landslide victory in the country’s presidential elections, winning 98.7% of the vote.

Turnout in the state is expected to top 90% in Friday’s election, with the victory set to extend Mr Kagame’s 17 years in power.

Mr Kagame, the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front which helped end the 1994 genocide, has won two previous presidential elections in 2003 and 2010. This victory though is his largest margin.

On Saturday morning Mr Kagame told a victory rally

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted for fresh sanctions on North Korea, in response to intercontinental ballistic missile tests by the state last month.

The new set of sanctions imposes bans on North Korea’s export of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood, and is expected to cut the state’s export revenue by up to a third.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley hailed the move which she said had raised the penalty on North Korea "to a whole new level".

"Today the Security Council has come together to put the North Korean dictator on notice," she added.

A Saudi-led coalition air strike has killed at least 9 members of the same family in Yemen, as the UN development chief in the country called the food crisis there "a man-made disaster".

At least three women and six children were killed in the attack on a house on the outskirts of Saada, according to the head of the local health department Dr Abdel-Ilah al-Azzi.

"We are recording all the crimes of the enemy and we will not forget them," said Dr Azzi. "All the criminals will be put on trial soon, God willing."

China’s Foreign Ministry has accused India of building up troops and repairing roads at a military stand-off alongside its border in the Himalayan region.

“It has already been more than a month since the incident, and India is still not only illegally remaining on Chinese territory, it is also repairing roads in the rear, stocking up supplies, massing a large number of armed personnel. This is certainly not for peace,” said the foreign ministry in a statement issued on Thursday.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Thursday urged Myanmar's government to ensure it protected the rights of Rohingya Muslims. 

The OIC, which represents 57 states, told Myanmar, "we call on the Myanmar government to ensure human rights for the Rohingyas."

"Myanmar can't deny the human rights of Rohingyas. We also call on the Myanmar government to ensure citizenship for the Rohingyas," the OIC representative, Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen was quoted by Reuters as saying. 

"Myanmar should sit with Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia to find a roadmap for the solution of the crisis," he added. 

The United Nations started to remove containers holding over 7,000 weapons from  demobilisation zones in Colombia this week.

Following the conclusion of the Colombian peace process which saw a series of key demands met and seats in parliament allocated for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) political organisation, members of FARC handed over their weapons in late June,

The organisation pledged to hand over 30% of its weapons at the end of the peace process.

An independent Kurdish state will bring prosperity and stability to the region said the Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council, in an op-ed published in the Washington Times last week.

Masrour Barzani said “the Kurds have paid a heavy price for the international community’s failed one-Iraq policy”.

Writing on an upcoming independence referendum for the Kurdistan region, he added “instead, global partners should now publicly support a dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad to shape bilateral relations on new and binding terms”.

One man has been killed after Indonesian troops opened fire on West Papuan villagers who were demonstrated against a company workers refusal to take a dying man to hospital, AP reports. 

Indonesian troops maintain a strong presence across the West Papua. 

Condemning the shooting the parliament at Deiyai in Papua has called for the officers responsible to face justice and called for the police paramilitary unit, known as the 'mobile brigade' to be withdrawn. 

According to the police report a 28 year old man was killed with 'multiple bullet wounds' on his body. 

China opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti on Tuesday at an event attended by China's deputy naval commander Tian Zhong and Djibouti's defence minister. 

The event was held on the 90th anniversary of China's military, the People's Liberation Army. 

Djibouti also has army officers from Japan, US and France.

The base is aimed at resupplying navy ships involved in missions off the coast of Yemen and Somalia, reports Al Jazeera. 

Indian forces on Monday killed the top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Kashmir, Abu Dujana, prompting widespread protests in Kashmir against the killing.  

Mr Dujana was blown up by Indian soldiers after a prolonged gunfight, Indian papers reported. 

Families and locals poured onto the streets in Srinagar to mourn his death and to express their anger at the killing. 

Protesters were soon surrounded by security forces and clashes broke out with protesters throwing stones at the forces, who responded with tear gas and pellet guns.

One protester has died after being shot in the clashes, Al Jazeera reported.