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Iran is downplaying a report from U.N. inspectors that shows Tehran significantly upgraded uranium at one of its nuclear sites, a move that raises Western concerns that Tehran may have nuclear weapons ambitions.

International donors, with Saudi Arabia in lead, have pledged more than $4 billion in aid to Yemen, the impoverished West Asian country battling terrorism and a possible humanitarian catastrophe due to food crisis.

The Philippines has accused China of escalating tensions in a disputed portion of the South China Sea after claiming that dozens of Chinese vessels had been deployed despite a freeze on fishing.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The world's leading countries have challenged Tehran to hand over its enriched uranium stockpile, in return for easing sanctions that have affected the country's economy severely.

As Egyptians wrapped up two days of voting in a historic presidential election, early indicators showed the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamist candidate taking the lead among the five presumed front-runners.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says "significant differences" remain over Iran's nuclear program following two days of talks in Baghdad. She also says Pakistan's conviction of a doctor who helped in the capture of Osama bin Laden is "unjust."

At least four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles at a compound in northwest Pakistan Wednesday, intelligence officials said.

North Korea has said it will continue with its nuclear programme despite America's "hostile policy" even as a US official said such a move would be "highly provocative".

Iran and the world powers Wednesday discussed ways to ease concerns over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme even as China has hinted that it would oppose any move outside of the United Nations to curb Tehran's atomic ambitions.