Moussa’s weak presidential campaign is the latest sign that the elections are a “farce”

The Washington Post still wants you to know it doesn’t think much of the elections: Presidential candidate Moussa Mostafa Moussa’s weak campaigning is “the latest sign” that the upcoming elections are a “farce,” Sudarsan Raghavan writes for the Washington Post.

Also stories worth a quick skim on this thankfully slow international news day:

• The former ruling National Democratic Party could be attempting to make a comeback in Egypt’s political life, Sonia Farid writes for Al Arabiya.

• Al Azhar continues to refuse labelling Islamist terrorist groups as heretics, the Jewish News Syndicate notes.