North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has been targeted with sanctions by the US over human rights abuses.

The US treasury said Mr Kim was "directly responsible" for human rights violations and blacklisted him alongside ten other officials. The sanctions will freeze any property held by the individuals in the US and ban US citizens from conducting business with them.

UN peacekeepers warned the UN security council has started to develop contingency plans for the event of widespread violence in Congo, said the UN Secretary General on Tuesday.

Speaking on a report about upcoming elections in Congo, Ban Ki Moon said,

The United Nations Secretary General Bank Ki-moon slammed Israel’s decision to advance plans to build further hundreds more units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, reports Reuters.

Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric in a statement released on Tuesday, said,

“The raises legitimate questions about Israel’s long-term intentions, which are compounded by continuing statements of some Israeli ministers calling for the annexation of the West Bank.”

Three seemingly coordinated suicide bomb attacks took place in Saudi Arabia on Monday as Ramadan draws to an end.

One bomb targeted a mosque of the Prophet Mohammad in the city of Medina, considered one of the holiest cities in Islam.

Another bomb went off in the city of Qatif, whilst another near the US consulate in Jeddah.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

The attacks follows an attack in Baghdad over the weekend, leaving over 200 dead.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two bombings in Baghdad over night which over 120 dead and over 200 injured.

The bombs went off at a shopping area as people celebrated Ramadan.

The attack comes after Iraqi forces won Falluja last month.

The Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared three days of morning.

"We remain united with the Iraqi people and government in our combined efforts to destroy Isil," the White House said in a statement.

The United Nations Security Council has condemned an attack on a café in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, which killed twenty hostages and two police officers on Friday night.

The Council stated that it “condemns the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack” and reaffirmed that “terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security”.

A rights group in Myanmar was forced to cancel the launch of a report on alleged army torture and war crimes, the Guardian reports.

Ta'ang Women's Organisation (TWO) claimed that the regional government forced two hotels in Yangon to cancel their booking for the launch event.

The report highlights "systematic war crimes" by armed forces in areas inhabited by, Ta'ang, an ethnic minority in Myanmar.

Scotland has “won the right to be heard in Brussels” said European Union Parliament president Martin Schulz, as Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon attended a series of talks with senior officials this week, reports the BBC.

Mr Schulz said he had "listened carefully and learned a lot" from Ms Sturgeon, who also met with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Gianni Pitella, the leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament.