By: Dustin Johnson

Read some of the top stories we are following around the world this week.

Exclusive: Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers’ list

Canada commits to fight against Isis in Iraq for another two years

At 15 I was tortured in Assad’s prisons. I escaped, but thousands still suffer

UN: Colombia FARC rebels complete disarmament

Children are being used as easy weapons of propaganda by terrorist organisations