Other stories worth noting in brief

Other international headlines worth noting in brief include:

• Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International all issued statements marking the one-year anniversary of the arrest of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein.
• Supporters of Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced on Sunday that they have collected more than 12 mn signatures from people urging him to run for a second four-year term, the Associated Press reports.
• The British tabloids are covering the first day in court of Laura Plummer on charges of smuggling meds into Egypt.