Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki traveled Sunday to the United States, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. Marzouki will be addressing the assembly, which traditionally meets in late September and brings together heads of state from around the world.

A Cairo court ordered on Monday the banning of all activities by the Muslim Brotherhood, the group and the registered NGO, in Egypt.

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Monday said she is “appalled by the terrorist attack on the All Saints Church in Peshawar yesterday, which killed at least 82 people and injured more than 120.