Indonesia’s Widodo to meet with Obama at White House on October 26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the White House on Oct. 26, his first visit to the United States since becoming the president of Indonesia, the White House said on Monday.
Israel, Russia to coordinate military action on Syria: Netanyahu
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Israel and Russia agreed on Monday to coordinate military actions over Syria in order to avoid accidentally trading fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Moscow.
As Turkish election looms, Erdogan presses pro-Kurdish opposition
ANKARA (Reuters) – At an “anti-terrorism rally” this weekend, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan looked out over a sea of red national flags and implored supporters to vote on Nov.1 for “domestic” candidates.
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
BRUSSELS/ LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent’s worst migration crisis since World War Two at an emergency summit this week.
Israel, Russia to coordinate military action on Syria: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Russia will coordinate their military actions over Syria to avoid accidentally trading fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Million fewer tourists visit Tunisia this year after Islamist attacks
TUNIS (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists in Tunisia dropped by 20 percent to four million in the first eight months of the year after two Islamist attacks that killed dozens of Western visitors, the tourism minister said on Monday.
U.N. investigator sees Milosevic’s fate awaiting Assad
GENEVA (Reuters) – Justice will catch up with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even if he remains in power under a negotiated end to Syria’s war, U.N. human rights investigator Carla del Ponte said on Monday.
Chile president pledges cash to help victims of earthquake
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised financial help on Monday to victims of last week’s 8.3 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed, which battered the country’s coastline near the port of Coquimbo and destroyed …
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi promises voters corruption free government
KAWHMU, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country’s first free national…
Drunken man dies in India after road built over him
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A drunken man in India died after he fell into a hole and construction workers built a road over him, police said on Monday.Police in the district of Katni in Madhya Pradesh state in central India said the 45-year-old was returnin…
