China and Russia, joined the US, UK, France and Germany, in expressing concern at the stalled UN nuclear agency investigation into Iran's facilities on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

In a joint statement, the six powers said:

"We are deeply concerned that Iran continues to undertake certain nuclear activities contrary to UN Security Council and IAEA board resolutions"

France’s president Francois Hollande has said the international community is obliged to act as more proof of the use of chemical weapons in Syria emerges.

"We have the elements which now allow us to give certainty over the use of chemical weapons in Syria - at what level we still do not know."

"What has happened in Syria must be one more piece of pressure that can be put on the Syrian regime and its allies," he said on Wednesday.

In an analysis of the latest draft of Tunisia’s constitution, Amnesty International, noted that though there were improvements, the text still undermined tenets of international human rights law.

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, today highlighted the need for Egypt to ensure that its draft laws conform to international human rights standards and respond to the aspiration of its people, as the country looks to progress in its democratic transition.

A team of UN human rights investigators said they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that 'limited amounts' of chemical weapons had been used in Syria, reports Reuters.

Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, the chair of the UN commission of inquiry, Paulo Pinheiro said:

Two British soldiers have admitted abusing Afghan civilians, including indecent conduct towards a child and racial abuse.

The patrol commander of the soldiers, who were granted immunity, was cleared of any wrong doing at the court martial in a British army base in Germany.

One soldier admitted pulling an Afghan boy's hand towards his crotch and the other admitted being involved in having an Afghan man photographed with a sign which read "Silly Paki”.

Turkey’s deputy prime minister has offered an apology in an effort to appease anti-government protesters, as they stormed the street for the fifth consecutive day.

Bulent Arinc, who is standing in for the prime minister, called the crackdown on protesters as “wrong and unjust”.

Fighting has erupted in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Syrian rebels, leaving at least 15 people dead.
Lebanese media reported that Hezbollah fighters were preparing to launch rockets when they were attacked by the Syrian rebels.

Syrian opposition fighters have threatened to attack Hezbollah, after the Lebanese movement got involved in the Syrian conflict, taking the side of the embattled president Bashar al-Assad.

Meanwhile a UN Security Council move to issue a declaration voicing concern over the siege on Qusair was blocked by Russia.

The Obama administration voiced concern over Turkey’s crackdown on protestors and urged Turkish authorities to exercise restraint.

Presidential spokesman, Jay Carney described the Turkish protestors as ordinary citizens excercising their rights to free expression.