At the city council meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a law approving the new constitution of the country. "The adoption of the new Constitution of Turkmenistan marks a new stage of socio - economic and spiritual development of the country. Turkmenistan's new constitution is designed to meet the international legislative experience on the basis of recognized norms of international law", - said the president. According to the new fundamental law of Turkmenistan, presidential term of power increased from five to seven years. In addition, it removed the upper age limit for election to the presidency. Currently, this limit is set to 70 years.  

At a meeting in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, the United States and South Korea vowed to come to a resolution to punish North Korea for Their recent nuclear tests. Among the most recent tests, Which launched toward Japan Earlier this month, have lead the international community to believe That North Korea is progressing with its nuclear arsenal. The most recent underground test, in fact, Caused a bigger earthquake than ever before, confirming That the test missiles are getting more powerful.

On Sunday, Belarus held elections to the Chamber of Representatives. According to data provided by the Central Election Commission, a representative of the opposition went to the lower house of parliament. This event is a test case because it happened the first time in 20 years. Such an event may be the fact that the Belarusian authorities have decided to introduce an element of democratization to elections in the country. President Alexander Lukashenko stressed that it depends on the fact that Western countries had no objections to the election.

The founding members of Mercosur: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay warns Venezuela in an ultimatum way among concern over the country's human rights regulations, restrictions on the political opposition and failure to comply with trade rules. The four founding countries also said Venezuela would be blocked from taking over Mercosur's rotating presidency in June, which has turned to the right after years dominated by leftist governments. Mercosur demands to protect human rights and enacting a law guaranteeing free movement of Mercosur citizens. 

Turkish Justice Ministry formally requested the US to arrest and extradite Fetullah Güllen, state news agency Anadolu has reported on Tuesday. Güllen, an influential Islamic preacher and religious thinker who emigrated in 1999 and settled in Pennsylvania, is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt in July. Since then Turkey has tried to have him tried, but the US has avoided any commitments on the issue. US President Barack Obama said any decision would have to be legal one, not political. This stance was reiterated by Vice-president Joe Biden.

According to UNICEF, Nigeria is currently experiencing one of the worst cases of famine and malnutrition in history. Around 4.5 million people would be concerned, with one million severely in danger of malnutrition. Arjan de Wagt, responsible for nutrition program in Nigeria expressed his concerns: "I've checked with my colleagues in New York and they're not aware of anywhere around the world where people are in this kind of situation". The situation is particularly preoccupying in Borno state, in the northeastern part of Nigeria.