Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi marched at the site of a former Muslim Brotherhood protest camp in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities on Friday.
Thousands of British troops could lose their jobs in a fresh wave of cost-cutting redundancies.
The Syrian army has continued its mop-up operations against the militants in strategic city of al-Khanaser near al-Salimyeh -Aleppo road, military sources say.
Russia evacuates embassy staff and their families from Libya via Tunisia after gunmen tried to storm its diplomatic mission in Tripoli.
Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the lead US negotiator with Iran, has urged US lawmakers to hold off on imposing additional sanctions against Iran ahead of the talks.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned Turkey it will "pay dearly" for supporting militants fighting to overthrow his government.
As the federal government shutdown continues with no signs of stopping, tens of thousands have signed a petition demanding that members of Congress receive no pay for the duration of the budget stalemate.
If we confine our choices to militant leaders with broad appeal in the Syrian crisis, we get the following five, listed in order.
Turkey's parliament has extended for one year a mandate that would allow Ankara to send troops to Syria if necessary.
Just hours before Congress shut down the federal government and put hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of work, the Pentagon quietly went on a shopping spree and spent billions.