The UN Secretary General Bank Ki-moon condemned the move by the government to expel Toby Lanzer.

Myanmar criticised claims by a group of Nobel laureates last week that Rohingya Muslims in the country are facing genocide.

Speaking at a conference in Oslo last week, several Nobel laureates including South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi and former East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar was "nothing less than genocide."

Six world powers agreed on a UN mechanism that would restore sanctions on Iran if it breaks terms of a future nuclear deal, reports Reuters.

The US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China agreed on a deal that allows any easing of UN sanctions to be automatically reversible if Iran breached any terms of the agreements it committed to.

A statement issued on Adama Dieng’s visit, said he urged “Burundian parties to use their influence to prevent any action that could increase the risk of violence against individuals or groups on the basis of their identity, including political affiliation, religious and ethnic identity.

The Rwandan government has ordered an indefinite suspension of all BBC broadcasts in the country after the airing of a controversial documentary on the 1994 genocide, which has led to accusations of genocide denial.

The Rwandan public regulatory body, which had recently launched an investigation into the documentary, said the decision was made based "on the resolutions made by the commission of inquiry that was set up by the Rwandan government to investigate allegations of genocide denial and revisionism against the BBC in the new documentary produced by BBC journalist, Jane Corbin".

The documentary, “Rwanda's Untold Story”, contained allegations that current President Paul Kagame and his then Rwandan Patriotic Front armed organisation shot down and killed then Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana, sparking the genocide which killed some 800,000 people.

The Democratic Humanist Centre party (CDH) expelled their deputy leader for refusing to call the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire genocide.

Mahinur Özdemir refusal to recognise the killings as genocide “is contrary to the party’s values”, said a party statement. “Recognition of the Genocide is not an ambiguous issue and demands total clarity," said the CDH adding that Ms Özdemir "does not share this fundamental commitment of CDH."

The US administration, on Friday, removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism following a round of negotiations, reports the Washington Post.

The order was signed by the US Secretary of State john Kerry, removed Cuba from a list which holds Iran, Syria and Sudan.

The United Nations envoy to Kosovo urged the government to set up a war crimes court in order to try former Kosovo Liberation Army members for war crimes.

Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Farid Zarif said the international community expects “no delays in the steps required from Kosovo toward the establishment of the court."