Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
A French serviceman has been arrested on charges of having planned an attack against a mosque in Lyon in southern France.
According to Spanish local media, an alleged planning error left the unfinished InTempo apartment towers with lifts for 20 floors.
Israel decided on Sunday to free 26 Palestinian prisoners over the next few days ahead of a new round of peace talks, in the first group of a total of more than 100 inmates it pledged to release.
Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation.
The father of Edward Snowden, the fugitive former US spy agency contractor, has received a Russian visa and will travel there shortly to see his son, he and his lawyer said on Sunday.
India's successively launching of its first nuclear submarine and aircraft carrier shows New Delhi's upgraded naval capability and its ambition to dominate the India Ocean, observers say.
Chinese citizens in Afghanistan should be on high alert after three Chinese were found dead in an apartment on Thursday, China's embassy in Afghan said on Sunday.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called US President Barack Obama's announcement of plans to limit sweeping US government surveillance programs a victory of sorts for fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Egyptian police are expected to start taking action early on Monday against supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi who are gathered in crowded protest camps in Cairo, security and government sources said, a move which could trigger more bloodshed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful hernia surgery on Sunday, but will require several days' rest to make a full recovery, aides and doctors said.
The armies of India and Pakistan Sunday exchanged fire on line-of- control (LoC) in Kashmir for the second straight day, India's official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said.
India is to launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier Monday, which will put the country in the league of nations to have such a capability, a top defense official said.
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