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Rwandan genocide memorial in Nyamata (Fanny Schertzer) German prosecutors have arrested a German-Rwandan national on suspicion of complicity in genocide and 25 counts of murder during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. The suspect, identified only as Innocent S. under German privacy rules, was arrested in the central German state of Hesse on Wednesday. According to Reuters,…

Sudanese police kill civilian protesters

Sudanese police have killed at least 50 civilians during protests over fuel prices last week, reported Amnesty International and the African Centre for Justice and Peace studies.

Both rights groups urged the Sudanese government to end the assault on civilian protesters.

Obama and Rouhani speak via telephone

For the first time in over three decades, the US and Iran made high-level contact, with a telephone call between the US President Obama and his Iranian counterpart, President Rouhani.

The telephone call is being said to symbolise a significant step towards reaching a pact on Tehran's nuclear program.

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Bashir cancels trip to UN General Assembly

Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will not attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, an official said today.

Security Council reach Syria deal

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Court rejects Charles Taylor war crimes appeal

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ICC ready to prosecute Al-Shabaab atackers in Kenya

A top prosecutor from an international court stated on Tuesday, that she is ready to work with Kenyan government officials to make ensure that the Islamic terrorists who perpetrated the attack on the Kenyan shopping mall are, tried for their crimes.

The international Criminal Court’s Prosectuor Fatou Bensouda, extended her condolences to the victims of the al-Queda linked, Somali terrorist organization AL-Shabab.

Syrian rebels form Islamic coalition

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Iran to constructively engage with UN security council

United States and European Union officials have suggested that Iran will meet 6 senior officials at the United Nations this week to discuss its nuclear programme.

The talks taking place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York ,will include Secretary of State John Kerry, in what will be the highest level US-Iran meeting on over 3 decades.

UK border authorities intimidate activists

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ICC adjourns Ruto's trial

Judges at the International Criminal Court have adjourned William Ruto’s crimes against humanity trial for a week in order to allow the deputy president to return to Kenya to help deal with the Kenyan hostage crisis.