Election officials abducted by gunmen in Northern Mali a week before presidential elections have been released.

After being abducted whilst handing out voter identification cards, the officials were handed over unharmed to French forces today.

The British government has revoked five export licences for military equipment destined for Egypt in response to reports that security forces have used excessive force in dealing with protests since the deposition of former president Mohamed Morsi.

A woman who lied on her refugee application in the United states over her role in the Rwandan genocide has been jailed for 10 years.

43-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi commanded road blocks in Rwanda, where Hutu militias would murder Tutsi civilians ruled the US court, making her reportedly the first person in the US to be convicted over the genocide of Tutsis.

She was handed down a maximum term, a 10-year jail sentence,  after which she will be deported to Rwanda, where genocide charges potentially await her.

Judge McAuliffe said,

The former chief of a CIA unit based in Milan has been arrested in Panama.

Robert Seldon Lady was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.

The cleric, known as Abu Omar, was then reportedly flown to Egypt and tortured.

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The Arab League has expressed its support for a plan to recommence peace talks between Palestine and Israel.

US Secretary of State John Kerry proposed his plan to the league in Jordan and said he was hopeful both countries "would soon be able to come and sit at the same table".

The Arab League issued a statement saying they "believe Kerry's ideas proposed to the committee today constitute a good ground and suitable environment for restarting the negotiations, especially the new and important political, economic and security elements".

The International Criminal Court has said that two witnesses have withdrawn from testifying at President Uhuru Kenyatta’s case over security concerns.

ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah told the BBC: "The prosecutor might seek to add other witnesses in the future if suitable replacements for these witnesses are forthcoming."

Kenyatta has been charged over election violence in 2007 which left over 1,000 people dead.

The ICC has previously accused Kenya of not doing enough to protect witnesses.

The International Criminal Court told Libya today, that it must hand over the son of Moammar Gadhafi so he can face charges of crimes against humanity.

President Juan Manuel Santos has met with members of the rebel ELN after they surrendered their arms. The second largest rebel force in the country has around 1,500 members and this is the largest ELN group to lay down their arms.

"This is what the [peace] process is about. So every member of the ELN and the Farc should fight for their ideals, but without violence nor arms,” Santos said during the meeting in the south-eastern region of Cauca.