LONDON, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia frets that Egypt, its strongest Arab ally and a major recipient of Saudi funding, is falling under what it sees as the baleful influence of the Muslim Brotherhood. ...  > full story

BAMAKO, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — Forces of Mali's ruling military junta battled troops loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure in several parts of the capital Bamako for a second day on Tuesday, forcing residents to flee their homes. ...  > full story

VIENNA, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — The mysterious drowning of Muammar Gaddafi's former oil boss in Vienna has shaken friends and colleagues, who suspect he was murdered by enemies - who knew he couldn't swim and had reason to want him silenced. ...  > full story

LONDON, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — As Britain gears up for a big Olympic security exercise between May 2 and 9, Londoners are casting a cool eye at the multiple measures deemed necessary to protect the hundreds of thousands of people expected to visit Olympic venues. ...  > full story

SKOPJE, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — Police in Macedonia said they had arrested 20 people on Tuesday, including radical Islamists who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan, for the murder of five men at a lake near the capital Skopje in mid-April. ...  > full story

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — The United States called for the release of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday, joining European leaders in condemning the conditions of her imprisonment amid allegations that she was beaten. ...  > full story

GENEVA, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — The United Nations human rights office called on Cambodia on Tuesday to carry out a full investigation into the killing of an anti-logging activist and to ensure the safety of witnesses to the crime in which a policeman was also shot dead. ...  > full story

NEW YORK, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — A civil lawsuit against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn filed by the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault will go forward, a New York state judge ruled on Tuesday, denying Strauss-Kahn's request to dismiss the case, the New York Post reported. ...  > full story

JERUSALEM, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni quit parliament on Tuesday, a few weeks after her removal as head of Israel's main opposition party, and accused Israeli leaders of neglecting peace efforts with Palestinians. ...  > full story

JUBA, May 1, 2012 (Reuters) — South Sudan accused Sudan of launching an attack in an oil region of the newly independent state on Tuesday and said it was preparing to strike back, in another sign of the festering violence along the frontier. ...  > full story