Former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf is delaying his return home, his party says, after the country's leadership said he would be arrested on arrival.

Passengers on the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship are expected to receive compensation of 11,000 euros ($14,400) each, the Italian Association of Tour Operators said.

Thousands took to the streets in a Damascus suburb Friday for a funeral procession for a man they say was killed overnight as violence spawned by anti-government protests continues in Syria.

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.

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.

In the latest of a spate of bombings, a suicide attacker targets a Shiite funeral procession in the Iraqi capital killing 31 people and wounding 60 others.

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.

A Guatemalan judge has ordered the country's former dictator to stand trial on charges that he was responsible for atrocities committed during his rule.