Hissène Habré, former Chad dictator, is requested to pay millions for crimes against humanity in Chad which concern rapes and tortures. This decision was taken by a court in Senegal. The dictator was sentenced by the Extraordinary African Chambers, a court set up specifically to judge him. Hissène Habré was president of Chad in the 1980s. During this perion he built a complex system of terror. Large groups of civilians were arrested, raped and tortured then. They were imprisoned in very poor conditions. He personally oversaw the secret police that administered punishment for accused people.

The UN Security Council decided to extend the term of the mission to assist Iraq to 31 July 2017 in accordance with the text of Security Council Resolution. It is noted that in the document of the Council members expressed "serious concern about the current security situation in Iraq, which is due to the continued presence there of terrorist groups", including the ISIS. The Security Council underlined that "the only way to counter this threat is to work together for all Iraqis" to solve security problems, as well as in political, economical, and humanitarian spheres.

Using the recent changes made in the election law, new representatives have been re-elected to Australia’s Parliament. This information was confirmed during the meeting of Australian Electoral Commission w Hobart. During the next three years, Tasmania will be represented by five Labour senators, four Liberal senators, two from Green Party and one independent Jacqui Lambie. One of the new representatives will be a politician from Liberal Party - Jonathon Duniam, who replaces Senator Richard Colbeck - Tourism Minister in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet.

On Saturday, workers of community and alternative media outlets protested in the streets of Buenos Aires demanding payment of government funded programs for non-profit media, mandated under the country’s media law. They claim payments have been delayed since Macri made changes in the media legislation when he took office in December.

A Leader of Al-Nusra Front Abu Mohamed al-Golani confirmed the fact, that his group formally split from the Al-Qaeda. He also confirmed the rename of the group from Al-Nusra Front into Levantine Conquest Front (or Sham Conquest Front). "The creation of this new front aims to close the gap between the jihadi factions in the Levant," - said Golani in his first televised appearance, soon after Nusra released the first photo of the leader ever seen publicly. "By breaking our link, we aim to protect the Syrian revolution." He also thanked Al-Qaeda for the understanding of the need to break the links.

Russia proposed to establish the corridors from besieged by the Syrian Arab Army city. Russia is offering to open three corridors for the civilians and one for the unarmed rebels - told the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu. Bashar Al-Assad decided to make the separate offer for the rebels in Aleppo. In the case of the surrender within the three months, he will amnesty them. Governmental forces took the road Castello, which united the half of Aleppo controlled by rebels with the rest of territory controlled by rebels. With the cutting of this road, over 300,000 of civilians were cut from the humanitarian aid and medicine supply. United Nations warned that 300,000 people are in the dangerous situation after the road was cut, due to the lack of necessary supplies.