At least 6 people have been killed in clashes in Cairo on Tuesday, as supporter of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, held a sit in.

Clashes across the country has left at least 9 people dead within the last 24 hours, as supporters and opponents of Morsi frequently fought runing street battles.

Almost 70 political prisoners were freed in Burma yesterday, following pledges by President Thein Sein to release those detained for opposing the government.

The family of Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted in a coup from his presidency earlier this month, has claimed the army abducted him.

"We are taking local and international legal measures against Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the leader of the bloody military coup, and his putschist group," his daughter Shaimaa Morsi told reporters in Cairo.

The European Union has proscribed the 'military wing' of Hezbollah, following a meeting with foreign ministers on Monday. Political and economic links between the EU and Lebanon will be maintained.

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague, said:

British Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that more must be done to help Syrian opposition forces, as he admitted that President Assad's government had been getting 'stronger' in recent months.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, the Prime Minister stated that the situation in Syria was "a very depressing picture" and the country was on "the wrong trajectory".

The M23 rebels have summarily executed  44 people and raped at least 61 women since March 2013, reported Human Rights Watch.

Algerian militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar has been charged by US prosecutors over a siege at a gas plant earlier this year.

37 hostages were killed when Algerian security forces retook the Tigantourine complex from militants who had captured it a few days before, taking local and foreign workers hostage.

Expressing cautious optimism on the Israeli-Palestinian talks, the US Secretary of State John Kerry, said that the groundwork had been laid for the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.

Speaking on Friday, Kerry said:

Nauru's police commissioner was sacked at the height of a riot that destroyed a refugee detention centre on the island. The commissioner was allegedly sacked after telling the acting president of Nauru that he could not contain the riots.

A group of Farc rebels has been arrested by the Colombian army, after an ambush on troops left 15 soldiers dead.

Over 70 rebels attacked 26 soldiers who were guarding an oil pipeleine near the country’s border with Venezuela.

Election officials abducted by gunmen in Northern Mali a week before presidential elections have been released.

The British government has revoked five export licences for military equipment destined for Egypt in response to reports that security forces have used excessive force in dealing with protests since the deposition of forme

A woman who lied on her refugee application in the United states over her role in the Rwandan genocide has been jailed for 10 years.

43-year-old Beatrice Munyenyezi commanded road blocks in Rwanda, where Hutu militias would murder Tutsi civilians ruled the US court, making her reportedly the first person in the US to be convicted over the genocide of Tutsis.