Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stopped approving new construction in West Bank settlements, two prominent Israeli activist groups said Tuesday, in what could be an attempt to clear the way for renewed peace talks with the Palestinians.

The United Nations on Tuesday named a team of three human rights investigators who will look into allegations of torture and labor camps in North Korea that are believed to hold at least 200,000 people.

A long-awaited report investigating violence and human rights abuses in Kenya will recommend some prosecutions, one of its authors has said.

Britain is negotiating to compensate thousands of Kenyans who claim they were severely mistreated by their colonial rulers during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, the Guardian reported on Monday.

The imprisoned son of Libya's slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi appeared in court on Thursday on charges of harming state security, but the judge adjourned his hearing until Sept. 19 to allow defense lawyers time to study the case.

The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission TJRC is eventually set to present its findings and recommendations to the president.

Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief -- jailed in Libya for eight months -- has not seen a lawyer or been told what charges he faces, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has appeared in court accused of plotting to escape from the jail in which he has been held since he was arrested in November 2011.

Six months ago, Colombian government officials and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) came together in Oslo, Norway to negotiate an end to Latin America’s longest running conflict. Time then to reflect on what has happened since.

There may not be enough time or money left in the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to complete the necessary work, the head of the commission said Tuesday.