Israeli authorities have handed a Palestinian family an eviction notice demanding they leave their home in Occupied East Jerusalem. 

<p>Protests in Sudan calling for the resignation of President Bashir have resulted in the death of a doctor and a child.&nbsp;</p> <p>Protests occurred in several cities across Sudan on Thursday but police were reported to have fired tear gas and live ammunition on demonstrates who tried to march on the presidential palace, in the capital, Khartoum.&nbsp;</p> <p>The death of the doctor and child was first reported by the Sudan Doctors' Committee, a group linked to the opposition. The death has also since been confirmed to the AFP news agency by relatives of the victims.</p>

<p>The Afghan Taliban has warned the United States that it will withdraw from peace negotiations if they refuse to withdraw from Afghanistan, a central demand from the Islamist group throughout the 17 year conflict.&nbsp;</p> <p>The warning comes a day after the Taliban reportedly attacked a compound in Kabul city killing five and wounding more than 110.</p>

<p>The Indonesian government has denied its military used white phosphorus in West Papua, following a report published in an Australian paper detailing the unverified use of the chemical weapon against civilians this month.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the paper the attack occurred in the region of Nduga in West Papua. Photographic evidence published shows a villager with severe burns and a wounded leg, which has been attributed to use of white phosphorus.&nbsp;</p> <p>Reporters, John Martinkus and Mark Davis assert that they had solid evidence of the attack and accuse the government of dissembling and avoiding accountability.</p>

<p>The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on Bahrain to release the family members of prominent exiled activist, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, an outspoken critic of the Bahraini government who now lives in Britain.&nbsp;</p> <p>A report released by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated that the three relatives were being held because of their kinship to Alwadaei. Alwadaei’s brother in law, Sayed Nizar Alwadaei, his mother in law, Hajar Mansoor Hassan and a cousin, Mahmood Marzooq were convicted on charges of planting a fake bomb in October 2017 and were sentenced to three years in prison.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Working Group’s ruling says that they were arrested without legal basis and arbitrarily detained without the use of an arrest warrant or legal representation. The Group has also suggested evidence showed that the trio had been victims of torture and false confessions.</p>

<p>Five Israeli teenagers have been accused of stoning to death a Palestinian mother.&nbsp;</p> <p>Aisha Rabi, a Palestinian mother of nine, was travelling by car with her husband and two daughters when she was struck on the head by a stone. She died near the settlement of Rehelim, in the occupied West Bank, on October 12.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Nigeria’s security forces conducted a raid on the headquarters and three offices of the country’s Daily Trust newspaper in Maiduguri on Sunday, arresting two journalists, and seizing their laptops and mobile phones.&nbsp;</p> <p>Uthman Abubakar, the north east regional editor and Ibrahim Sawab were both arrested during the raid. The Daily Trust is one of Nigeria’s largest newspapers. Sawab was released later that day, but Abubakhar remains in military custody with his location unknown.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Myanmar’s authorities have ordered their army to launch operations to crack down on an ethnic Rakhine insurgent group after deadly attacks last week in the Rakhine state.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Arakan Army (AA), an armed ethnic group fighting for more autonomy, carried out raids on four police posts in the town Buthidaung, North Rakhine. The attack took place on Myanmar’s Independence Day, leaving 13 police officers dead and nine injured.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The United States House of Reprasentatives on Friday passed a bill separating Western Sahara’s aid from its programme in&nbsp;Morocco on Friday.</p> <p>The new bill outlines language on Western Sahara in a separate section to Morocco. Previously text on aid for the&nbsp;region&nbsp;was covered under the remit of Moroccan aid.</p> <p>Responding to the new US legislation on aid to the Western Sahara and Morocco, the Polisario Front envoy to Washington, said,</p>

<p>Soldiers have attempted to take control in Gabon in an attempted coup, as the ruling president, Ali Bongo, remains abroad receiving medical treatment for a reported stroke.&nbsp;</p> <p>Seizing control of national state radio, Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang, urged people to "rise up", with the message being carried on state television and social media.&nbsp;</p> <p>AFP reported shots were heard close to the radio station, situated in the centre of Libreville.</p>