The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi has furiously denounced the military, accusing it of "kidnapping" him.

Government troops fired mortar rounds that slammed into a main market in a town in northern Syria on Sunday, killing at least 20 civilians, activist groups said.

A coordinated wave of seven car bombs have torn through bustling commercial streets in Shiite areas of Baghdad, part of a relentless wave of violence that killed at least 46 inside and outside the capital.