Putin, Trump to discuss North Korea on Tuesday: IFX cites Kremlin aide
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will discuss North Korea when they hold a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Interfax news agency cited Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying.
Russia’s Putin hosts Assad in fresh drive for Syria peace deal
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for three hours of talks to lay the groundwork for a new push by Moscow to end Syria’s conflict now that Islamic State’s territory is overrun.
Weather improves in search for missing Argentine submarine
MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) – The search continued on Tuesday for an Argentine submarine with 44 crew aboard, missing in the South Atlantic for nearly a week, with improved weather expected to quicken the hunt for the vessel.
Ukraine rebel leader says ex-minister’s loyalists try to stir up trouble
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel Luhansk region said on Tuesday people close to the fired regional police chief were whipping up tension and had brought a large number of people in military uniform into the streets.
Zimbabwe’s parliament starts impeachment process against Mugabe
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s parliament began an impeachment process against President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday that looks set to bring his domination of a country he has ruled since independence nearly four decades ago to an ignominious end.
German political grandees press parties to compromise for stability
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two veteran allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Germany’s parties on Tuesday to strike compromise to form a stable government that could drag Europe’s biggest economy out of a political impasse.
Suicide bomber kills 50 in Nigeria in deadliest attack this year
YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, the biggest mass killing this year in a region facing an insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
UK Brexit minister says EU agreement likely, but UK ready for no deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis said on Tuesday that reaching a deal with the European Union was the most likely outcome of talks, but added that the British government was prepared for no agreement with the bloc.
Myanmar operation against Rohingya has ‘hallmarks of ethnic cleansing’, U.S. Congress members say
YANGON (Reuters) – Members of U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were disturbed by the harsh response of Myanmar’s security forces to attacks by militants in August which they said bore “all the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing” against the Rohingya Musli…
Once inside Kim Jong Un’s inner circle, top aide’s star fades
SEOUL (Reuters) – When Kim Jong Un sat down in September to order the sixth and largest of North Korea’s nuclear tests, Hwang Pyong So sat by his side, his khaki military uniform conspicuous among the suits at the table, photos released by state media …
