Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh Monday called a general election for December 17 after an emergency meeting aimed at easing political tensions and as protests demanded the Islamist government's ouster.
A US drone strike has killed seven people in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, security officials say.
Some 2,000 protesters including youths and leftists have held a sit-in the Jordanian capital, rejecting as "cosmetic" a general election due to be staged next week.