Lebanese banks to secure salaries, remain closed Tuesday: statement
Lebanese banks will stay shut on Tuesday amid ongoing unrest, but are working to ensure public and private sector workers receive their salary payments, the country’s banking association said on Monday.
Turkey says Kurdish YPG forces have not fully withdrawn from Syria border area
Kurdish YPG forces have not fully withdrawn from a strip of northeastern Syria under a Russia-brokered accord that is about to expire, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
U.N. envoy to meet Turkey, Iran and Russia foreign ministers in Geneva
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said on Monday that he would meet foreign ministers from Turkey, Iran and Russia in Geneva on Tuesday, a day ahead of the first meeting of Syria’s Constitutional Committee.
Argentina president-elect Fernandez, Macri meet after decisive vote
Argentina’s president-elect Alberto Fernandez arrived to the presidential palace in Buenos Aires on Monday morning to meet with outgoing incumbent Mauricio Macri, where the two are expected to discuss the transition of power.
Mexican president to congratulate Argentina’s Fernandez, Bolivia’s Morales
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he planned to call Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez and Bolivia’s Evo Morales later in the day to congratulate them for winning recent presidential elections.
Argentine cenbank will do all possible to protect reserves: Sandleris
Argentina central bank president Guido Sandleris pledged on Monday to do everything possible to protect the bank’s international reserves, as the South American country transitions to a new leftist government amid swirling economic crisis.
Japan, South Korea to study fund to ease wartime forced labor issue: Kyodo
The South Korean and Japanese governments are studying plans for a joint economic program involving companies from both countries that aims to ease strains over the issue of forced Korean labor in World War Two, Kyodo news reported on Monday.
Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Merkel discuss Syria, gas transit: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Syria and the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine by phone, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Detained Moroccan jihadists were planning sea attacks: official
An Islamic State cell broken up last week planned to attack Casablanca and its port, but a Syrian militant who assisted the group remains at large, the head of Morocco’s BCIJ security agency said on Monday.
Diwali fireworks haze pushes New Delhi’s air quality to severe
Air pollution in some parts of the Indian capital deteriorated early on Monday to the worst recorded level, officials said, a day after revelers set off fireworks to mark Diwali in celebrations that were more subdued than in previous years.
