According to Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the country's former military ruler will be charged for treason by the newly installed government.

Speaking to Parliament on Monday, Sharif said Musharraf would have to answer for his acts during his years in power, although the government has not yet pressed formal charges.

The Pakistani judiciary's stiff treatment of Musharraf, who is currently under house arrest, is reported to have stirred disquiet in parts of the military.

The Egyptian Army has issued a warning ahead of planned mass-protests against President Mohammed Morsi.

Army head General Abdel-Fatteh al-Sisi said the armed forces would "not remain silent as the country slides into uncontrollable conflict".

"There is a state of division in the society, and the continuation of it is a danger to the Egyptian state.

"There must be consensus," he said.

The head prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatour Bensouda, believes that Palestine qualifies to join the ICC after the UN general Assembly voted to admit the country as a non-member state in November.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concerns over the planned peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, after a row over the group's office in Doha.

Mr Kerry told reporters in Doha: "We need to see if we can get back on track." adding that he was sunsure whether this was possible.

"We are waiting to find out whether the Taliban will respond," Kerry said.

A UN commission of inquiry on rights violations in Syria has said that increasing the weapons flow to Syria will cause an increase in war crimes.

Paulo Pinheiro who chairs the commission said:

"States who provide arms have responsibilities in terms of the eventual use of those arms to commit ... war crimes or crimes against humanity,"

"Those arms will contribute to the escalation of war crimes, we are very much worried that more arms will signify an increasing presence of those violations."

The British FCO minister Alistair Burt, condemned the violence against Arab Israeli residents by Jewish settlers earlier this week.

Burt said:

An independent Unite Nations expert expressed concerns about the specific situation across various states of Sudan, which have been littered with on-going clashes and hostilities.