Islamic State militants have taken over 90 percent of a Damascus refugee camp, said the UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Saturday.

The Palestinian refugee camp, Yarmouk, situated on the outskirts of Damascus, were at least 18,000 civilians have lived under siege, has seen Islamic State militant snipers shoot at refugees trying to flee the camp.

The government of Myanmar officially apologised to China for a cross-border bombing attack which killed 5 Chinese nationals earlier this month.

Xinhua reported Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin as saying, “on behalf of the Myanmar government and military, I officially apologise to China and express my deep sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured.”

The bombing raid in Myanmar’s northeast came as the Burmese government battled against ethnic Kokang militants. China had immediately summoned Myanmar's ambassador, Thit Linn Ohn, to complain about the bombing and warned of “decisive action” at the time.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, has criticised a law passed by Thailand’s ruling military junta, labelling it a move “even more draconian” than martial law.

Whilst Thailand’s junta lifted martial law this month, article 44 of the interim charter allows Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, “to issue any legislative, executive or judicial order”.

“Normally, I would welcome the lifting of martial law – and indeed strongly advocated for it to be lifted in Thailand,” said Mr Zeid. “But I am alarmed at the decision to replace martial law with something even more draconian, which bestows unlimited power on the current Prime Minister without any judicial oversight at all.”

The president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas, on Sunday rejected Israel’s release of frozen Palestinian tax revenue, stating that a third of the funds had been withheld by Israel.

Israel withheld a third of the $130 million a month tax customs, that had been frozen over past months, to cover Palestinian debts to Israeli utility companies.

Mr Abbas, in a speech made after Israel’s partial return of withheld Palestinian revenue, said,

“We are returning the money. Either they give it to us in full or we go to arbitration or to the court (ICC). We will not accept anything else.”

The framework agreement reached by the international community and Iran does not threaten the survival of Israel, said US Senator Dianne Feinstein on Sunday.

Ms Feinstein, who as the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on intelligence advises on foreign affairs, responding to criticisms from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said,

“I don’t think it’s helpful for Israel to come out and oppose this one opportunity to change a major dynamic which is downhill, a downhill dynamic in this part of the world.”

Houthi militants in Yemen made further advances in the presidential city of Aden amidst Saudi led coalition airstrikes on Sunday, reports the BBC.

The advances came despite calls from the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Russia, for an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

At least 185 people have been killed and 1282 injured in Aden since last week reports the health department director Al-Kheder Lassouar.

A French court is reportedly set to release a man accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide, refusing to extradite him to face charges in Rwanda.

France’s appeals court ruled in favour of Claude Muhayimana, who was arrested in northern France in 2010.

The court stated that since the crime of genocide was not on Rwanda’s statute books 1994, Mr Muhayimana cannot be sent back to the country to face charges relating to genocide.