Forces kill 60 people in Syria, an opposition group said, as the U.N. Security Council considers a draft that would call on Bashar al-Assad to resign.

The U.N. Security Council discussed Friday a resolution that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power to his vice president.

At least 50 protesters opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian Embassy building in Cairo on Thursday, smashing windows and tearing down the Syrian flag before dispersing, embassy officials said.

A Norwegian U.N. official snatched from the streets of Yemen's capital city of Sanaa by armed tribesmen was released unharmed, Norwegian and Yemeni officials said Friday.

Bahrain police on Friday denied opposition claims that security forces were responsible for the death of an anti-government protester, saying the man died from natural causes.