"Two and a Half Men" at 8:30 inched up from last week's premiere for a 3.7/11 and drew 12.7 million total viewers.

Pakistan's tribal regions, such as North and South Waziristan, border Afghanistan and serve as bases for militant groups.

"A plane, Antonov, carrying 21 military personnel, crashed east of the Sudanese capital Khartoum," the security source said.

Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani stopped an debate on impeaching Sports and Youth Minister Mohammad Abbasi.

The last parliamentary elections were in February and opposition Islamist and tribal candidates performed strongly.