A video has emerged online where the chief of Tajikistan special forces, Gulmurod Khalimov, claim to have joined the Islamic State (IS).
After more than five years and much diplomatic wrangling, Palestine has joined the International Criminal Court (ICC). Now, the prospect of Israel being held accountable for war crimes has greatly increased, and that will have significant repercussions for the peace process and for Palestinian statehood.
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, weeks after being admitted to hospital.
An EU court has removed Hamas from the union’s list of terror groups, after it found that the EU Council’s decision to keep the Palestinian Islamist movement on the list was flawed.
More than 191,000 people have been killed in th Syrian conflict up to April, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says.