ROME -- The Assembly of Parties to IDLO elects two Kuwaitis to the organization's standing committee, and audit and finance committee.
TUNIS -- Tunisian MPs elect leader of Ennahda Movement Rashed Ghannouchi as parliament speaker.
CAIRO -- At least six people perish in oil pipeline fire in Egypt.
GAZA -- Two more Palestinians are killed, taking to 26 the death toll in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
ABU DHABI -- A UAE soldier is martyred in the Operation Restore Hope.
ISLAMABAD -- At least 12 Afghans are killed and 20 others wounded in a car bombing in Kabul.
WASHINGTON-- Facebook blocks more than five million fake accounts since the start of this year.
WASHINGTON -- William Taylor appears alongside George Kent at the first public hearing by US House in Trump impeachment inquiry. (end) gb