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A retired Argentine military officer wanted for crimes committed during the 1976-1983 "dirty war" against the left has been was arrested in the Uruguayan capital, today.

The Uruguay National Police force arrested, Col Alberto Julio Candiotti, on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice issued at the request of an Argentine federal court.

Politicians and UK community leaders urged the country to unite on Thursday in the aftermath of the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, an incident widely described as a terrorist attack.

The soldier, identified as 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death by two men, one of whom has been named as Michael Adebolajo, in broad daylight near military barracks in Woolwich. The killers, who were previously know to security and intelligence services, stopped and spoke to bystanders, threatening that the British public would not be safe while soldiers remained stationed in the Middle East.

M23 rebels have declared a ceasefire for the upcoming visit of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Ban Ki-moon arrived in Goma this week, and expressed deep concern regarding the increased in violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The group's political spokesperson, Amani Kabasha, told Reuters that M23 had "decided to announce this ceasefire to allow His Excellency Ban Ki-moon to visit Goma as he promised".

Kenya has called upon the United Nations Security Council to for all International Criminal Court charges against Kenyan political leaders to be dropped.

Speaking after a closed-door meeting with the council, Kenya's UN ambassador Macharia Kamau said,

"We have asked that these proceedings be terminated as soon as possible".

Several foreign aid organisations have said that financial sanctions imposed by the United States are severely restricting their work in the country.

Save the Children, Concern Worldwide, Handicap International, Welthungerhilfe, PMU-AMI and Triangle Generation Humanitaire say they cannot receive money in North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank, which is the target of sanctions by the US treasury.

France is to seek to ban the military arm of Hezbollah for backing Syria's Assad regime.

Speaking at the Friends of Syria meetin in Syria on Wednesday, the Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said:

"Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation,"

The government has reversed its decision not to give Afghan interpreters the right to live in the UK.

Up to 600 Afghans, who worked on the frontline for a year or more, will be allowed to remain in the UK, after concerns were raised over their safety in Afghanistan.

One interpreter, "Abdul", told the BBC: "We risked everything to do this job. We are glad that the British government has recognised our service and the sacrifices we made for them."

The World Bank pledged $1 billion to help fund development in Congo, provided there was a return to peace.

The World Bank President Jim Young Kim unveiled the proposed aid on the first day of his visit to the conflict ridden country with United Nations chief, Bank Ki-moon.

The White House has admitted for the first time that 4 US citizens have been killed by drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. wrote to Congressional leaders accepting US responsibility for the deaths of 4 individuals with US citizenship, but claimed 3 of these men "were not specifically targeted by the United States”.