Militants post appeal of kidnapped Saudi diplomat Militants have posted online a video in which a man identifying himself as a Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen appeals to Saudi Arabia's rulers to respond to his captors' demands and save his life. Syria opposition urges UN action after 'massacre'
Egypt results point to deeply divisive runoff race
More than 70 killed in Syria ahead of Annan return
5 surprises in Egypt's presidential election
UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian site
Activists: Troops kills up to 50 in central Syria
Egypt's Brotherhood calls for national dialogue
Egypt: Brotherhood, ex-regime candidate in runoff
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Iran on Saturday downplayed as a "technical" issue a report by the UN atomic watchdog revealing that uranium traces of a higher grade than any found before had been detected.
The opposition Syrian National Council has urged the UN Security Council to act urgently after claiming that regime forces "massacred" scores of civilians, including many children, in the town of Houla.
The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff election for Egypt's president, according to first-round results Friday. The divisive showdown dismayed many Egyptians who fear either one means an end to any democratic gains produced by last year'......
More than 70 people were killed across Syria on Friday, monitors said, as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets and tanks were deployed in the country's second largest city.
Egyptians went to the polls earlier this week to elect a new president after longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. With a majority of ballots counted, here is a look at a handful of notable, if not surprising, developments:
Inspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday ? a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles.
President Bashar Assad's forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said, in one of the highest death tolls in one specific area since an internationally-brokered cease-fire went into effect last month.
