A recent increase in ambushes and road blocks by Kurdish militants calling for devolved powers as occurred ahead of presidential elections in Turkey reports Agence France Presse.

The Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK), who declared a ceasefire with the government in March 2013, have seen peace-talks with the government fail in the run up to the elections.

Fighters of the armed group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have taken control of Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq.

The militants overran a military base and freed over a thousand prisoners, mostly Al Qaeda and ISIS operatives.

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,