The International Criminal Court, said Monday that it would not investigate two incidents of North Korean forces attacking South Korean territory, because neither attack had intentionally targeted civilians, reports Reuters.

Although North Korea has not ratified the Rome statute, its attack on an ICC member country like South Korea, can still give the court jurisdiction to investigate potential war crimes committed by North Korea.

The Iraqi Kurdish President Monday said the Kurdish region in Iraq would seek formal independence from the rest of Iraq.

“The Time is here for the Kurdistan people to determine their future and the decision of the people is what we are going to uphold,” said Massoud Barzani in an exclusive interview to CNN.

Barzani added that he would argue the case for an independent Kurdistan to the US Secretary of State, who is due to visit Erbil on Tuesday.

Explaining the need for an independent Kurdistan he said:

An investigation into genocide against Chinese leaders in Tibet has been dropped by the Spanish High Court.

The case, brought by a Tibetan monk with Spanish citizenship, was dismissed as it did not comply with new legislation that limits Spain's ability to investigate crimes against humanity committed abroad, the High Court said.

Israel launched launched air strikes at nine targets in Syria, responding to the killing of a 14 year old boy in the Golan Heights by a missile attack on Sunday.

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Egyptian court Monday jailed three AL-Jazeera journalists on charges of aiding terrorists and endangering national security.

Former BBC correspondent Peter Greste, former CNN journalist Mohamed Fahmy and a local producer Baher Mohamed were jailed for seven, seven and 10 years respectively.  Four other students and activists involved in the cases were also jailed for 10 years.

The US Secretary of State John Kerry, today, pledged ‘intense and sustained’ support to Iraq whilst noting that the country would only survive when leaders took steps to bring it back together, reports the BBC.

"The support will be intense and sustained and if Iraq's leaders take the necessary steps to bring the country together, it will be effective," Kerry told reporters in Baghdad.