The Syrian government carried out a policy of extermination against thousands of detainees at prisons across the country, say investigators from the UN Human Rights Council.
A number of explosions have rocked the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with police and militants involved in gun battles on the streets.
A suicide bomber suspected to be affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) has killed 10 people and injured more than a dozen more in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Sources have identified who they believe to be the man shown alongside the execution of five alleged “British spies” in the latest Islamic State propaganda video as British-born Siddhartha Dhar.
A video released by the Islamic State that purports to show the execution of five “British spies” should be treated as “propaganda”, a spokesperson for the prime minister has said.