Turkey informed its embassy in Cairo to be ready for possible evacuation of Turkish citizens following escalation of protests in the wake of the ousting of president Mohammad Morsi.

Interim Prime Minister of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Ghassan Hitto announced his resignation on Monday, nearly four months after his appointment.

Mali’s army has accused a Tuareg rebel group of breaching a peace accord in the flashpoint northeastern town of Kidal, by attacking civilians and soldiers. “The MNLA has mobilised women and children in Kidal to throw stones at the black population, African