Here are some of the stories we're covering from around the world:

As Egypt’s Presidential Vote Nears, Dissent Flickers Around el-Sisi

Voters will chose a leader in December. It will likely be President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, though with the economy in dire straits, protests are gaining momentum.

Uganda’s Top Opposition Leader Says He Is Under House Arrest

Uganda’s top opposition leader, Bobi Wine, said on Thursday that he was seized at the airport and put under house arrest following his return from abroad, a claim the authorities denied despite a history of crackdowns by the East African nation’s autocratic ruler against his leading challenger.

Man Who Plotted to Kill Queen Elizabeth With Crossbow Sentenced to 9 Years

On Thursday, Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced to nine years in prison, having been convicted of treason in February. It was the first treason conviction in Britain in more than four decades, in a case that raised troubling questions about the security of Queen Elizabeth II.

@nytimes