US President Barack Obama has said that the US does not consider Egypt to be an ally nor an enemy.

His comments came after clashes and demonstrations outside US consulates across the Middle East, which spread after a movie that was deemed blasphemous by some was made in the US.

"I don't think we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. They are a new government that is trying to find its way," Mr Obama said in a television interview with Telemundo.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has found at least four politicians responsible for violent clashes in the Tana River County in August and early September.

A Kenyan MP, Dhadho Godhana was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the violence which is reported to have claimed the lives of at least 110 people and left 6000 displaced.

HRW research implicates at least three other politicians in organising the violence, as well as pointing out the failure of police to take preventative measures despite warnings.

Cambodia’s long running Khmer Rouge war crimes court has ordered the release of the “first lady” who has been declared unfit to stand trial.

The UN backed court ruled that there was no prospect that Ieng Thirith, who is 80 years old, could stand trial due to a degenerative illness that she suffers from.

Ieng Thirith, stands accused of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity for her role in the Khmer Regime which, some estimates suggest, resulted in the death of over 2 million people.

Some 1.5 million people took part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona on Saturday, the BBC reports, citing police.

Catalonia has a population of 7.6 million.

The size of the turnout for the rally, which is held annually on 11 September to mark the Siege of Barcelona 300 years ago, forced organisers to change its route.

The US Ambassador to Libya has been killed during an attack by protestors on the US embassy in Benghazi, according to government officials.

Al-Jazeera reported that the ambassador came under rocket fire whilst in a car and died from smoke inhalation with three other staff of the embassy.

An armed mob attacked the compound on Tuesday after a film critical of Islam was made in the US and released on YouTube.

Wanis al-Sharif, the Libyan deputy interior minister, confirmed the deaths to the AFP news agency.

Mustafa Abu Shagur, the Libyan deputy prime minister, condemned the "cowardly act of attacking the US consulate and the killing of [the ambassador] and the other diplomats".

The president of Libya’s national assembly Mohammed Magarief has apologised for the killing of the US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, which has drawn widespread condemnation, including from the Muslim Brotherhood.

"We apologise to the United States, the people and to the whole world for what happened," he told a news conference broadcast live on Al Jazeera television.

US President Obama has praised the courage of the Ambassador and while condemning the attacks, noted that it was Libyans who carried the ambassador to a hospital.

"While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants," Obama said in a White House statement.

Kosovo has gained “full sovereignty” after the International Steering Group (ISG) announced on September 10 that it will end its supervision of the country. The International Steering Group (ISG) is comprised of 23 European Union members, United States and Turkey which had monitored Kosovo since its independence in 2008 from Serbia.

A former General in the Syrian Republican Guard, who defected to Turkey in July, has claimed that French secret agents helped him escape.

"The French [intelligence] services helped me get out of Syria and I thank them for that," said General Manaf Tlass to French TV Channel BFM.

"For me the situation in Libya is nothing like Syria, it is much more complicated. I don't see any foreign intervention being able to reach a solution," Tlass added.