Russia’s Putin arrives in Iran to discuss Syria, nuclear deal: Iranian TV
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran on Wednesday to meet with top leaders as tension between Tehran and Washington mounts over a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers.
Ousted Catalan leader unlikely to return to Spain to testify: lawyer
MADRID (Reuters) – A lawyer for dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who is due to appear in a Spanish court this week to answer charges relating to Catalonia’s push for independence, said he was not expected to return to Spain soon.
Saudi-led air strike kills 26 people in Yemen: medics
DUBAI (Reuters) – An air strike by a Saudi-led military coalition killed 26 people at a hotel and an adjoining market in Yemen’s northern Saadah province on Wednesday, according to medics and a Reuters witness at the scene.
Philippines arrests Indonesian pro-Islamist militant in Marawi
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces on Wednesday arrested an Indonesian national suspected to be among the pro-Islamist militants who seized control of parts of the southern city of Marawi in May, military and police officials said.
Suspected Islamist arrested after knife attack near Tunis parliament
TUNIS (Reuters) – A suspected Islamist militant was arrested on Wednesday after wounding two policemen in a knife attack near the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia’s interior ministry said.
Saudi-led air strike kills 21 people in Yemen: Reuters witness
DUBAI (Reuters) – An air strike by a Saudi-led military coalition killed 21 people at a market in Yemen’s northern Saadah province on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness at the scene.
Syrian opposition rejects Russia-sponsored congress
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition to President Bashar al-Assad rejected a Russian-sponsored congress of Syrian groups scheduled for Nov. 18 in Sochi and insisted any peace talks be held under U.N. sponsorship in Geneva, opposition official…
Grief-stricken families of Japanese abducted by North Korea pin hopes on Trump
TOKYO (Reuters) – Takuya Yokota vividly remembers clutching a flashlight and running to the ocean with his mother and twin brother to look for his older sister in the dark, shouting her name.
Liberia’s Supreme Court halts presidential run-off over fraud allegations
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s Supreme Court has stayed next week’s presidential run-off election until it considers a challenge to first round results by a losing candidate who has alleged fraud.
Gunfire heard in Eritrea’s capital as protests break out, U.S. embassy says
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Eritrea said on Tuesday it had received reports of gunfire in several parts of the capital, Asmara, after protests erupted in one of Africa’s most secretive nations.
