US President Barack Obama on May 18 signed an executive order to detect and prevent mass atrocities.

Mr Obama said the prevention of atrocities is a "core national security interest of the United States."

However some human rights groups expressed disappointment at the limitations of the order.

The United States plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but will make some changes aimed at boosting investment and trade reports Reuters.

Officials close to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, said that an announcement extending a majority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act IEEPA ahead of Mr Kerry’s visit next week.

The Indian government has threatened to fine mapmakers which show disputed territory as anything other than part of India £10mn, The Telegraph reports.

Twitter, Facebook and Google are involved in the controversy after mapping Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as part of Pakistan or China.

“No person shall depict, disseminate, publish or distribute any wrong or false topographic information of India including international boundaries” the draft bill says.

In a 415 page action plan published on Friday, Belgrade promised to reform its rule of law and “ensure that all allegations [about war crimes committed in former Yugoslavia during 1990s] are properly investigated and subsequently prosecuted and tried”.

Myanmar leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi called on the United States not to use the term ‘Rohingya’ when referring to a persecuted Muslim population in the country, reports the New York Times.

Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s spokesman U Kyaw Zay Ya said that during a meeting with the United States ambassador, the leader of Myanmar’s government advised against using the term to describe the population, who have long faced persecution at the hands of extremist groups from the majority Buddhist population, and are denied citizenship and the right to vote.

A recent report from the International State Crime Initiative at the Queen Mary University of London found that there was substantial evidence that the Rohinyga population are facing state-sponsored genocide.

“We won’t use the term Rohingya because Rohingya are not recognized as among the 135 official ethnic groups,” said the foreign ministry official, adding that “our position is that using the controversial term does not support the national reconciliation process and solving problems.”

US Ambassador Scot Marciel reportedly stoked controversy when using the term in a statement last month after a group of Rohingya Muslims died after their boat capsized in Rakhine state.

Mr Marciel responded to the controversy by stating “we would call them what they want to be called.”

“It’s not a political decision; it’s just a normal practice,” he added.