General Abdel Fatah El Sisi meets representatives from Islamist movements overnight to resolve current political crisis.
Chief Palestinian negotiator says 26 of 104 prisoners will be released in first stage from Israeli jails on August 13.
عبر مؤيدو الرئيس المصري المعزول محمد مرسي عن إصرارهم على عودته رئيسا، وذلك بعد اجتماعهم مع مسؤول أمريكي رفيع المستوى.
Twenty-one US embassies and consulates, mostly in the Middle East, are closed throughout Sunday amid fears that al-Qaeda may be planning an attack.
Thousands of Tunisians gather at a rally in the capital Tunis in support of the government, as opposition groups prepare a counter-protest.
Anas Fouda has not been heard from since he was detained by authorities in Dubai last month.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says has requested governor-general to call parliamentary poll on September 7.
The Foreign Office is "strongly urging" British nationals to leave Yemen as a two-day closure of the UK embassy in Sanaa begins following a terrorism warning.