Protesters gather in Cairo for a mass rally to demand the resignation of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a year after he came to power.

The US bugged EU offices, Der Spiegel magazine says, citing a secret report allegedly leaked by US fugitive ex-security analyst Edward Snowden.

US opponents of same-sex marriage file an emergency petition to the Supreme Court to try to halt the resumption of gay weddings in California.

One fatality is reported and dozens of people are treated for exhaustion and dehydration, as western US states continue to bake in near-record heat.

A top EU official says ties with the US could suffer over a report, allegedly leaked by fugitive Edward Snowden, that America bugged EU offices.

New guidelines from the World Health Organization about HIV treatment could see millions of extra people being given life-saving medicine.

A candidate in next week's regional elections in Mexico has been critically injured in a gun attack on her car in the south of the country.

Prime Minister David Cameron holds talks with Pakistan's newly elected prime minister Nawaz Sharif, with the pair set to discuss regional stability, trade and security issues.