Liberal and left-wing MPs held a sit-in at the Shura Council Monday, calling for the dismissal of the country's interior minister after the weekend attack on Coptic Christians.
The number of Syrian refugees reaching Iraqi Kurdistan has doubled in three months, with 800 arriving daily, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
In Nigeria, at least 36 people have been killed in clashes in Central Plateau State over the past week. At least 23 people were killed in similar attacks two weeks ago.