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Syrian president Sharaa expected to visit Washington, US envoy says

MANAMA (Reuters) -United States Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack said on Saturday that Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa was expected to visit Washington. During the visit, Syria would “hopefully” join the U.S.-led coalition to defeat Islamic State, Barrack told reporters on the sidelines of the ...
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Nigeria vows to fight extremism after Trump adds nation to watch list

ABUJA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Nigerian government on Saturday vowed to keep fighting violent extremism and said it hoped Washington would remain a close ally after President Donald Trump added the West African nation to a U.S. watch list over what he said were threats to ...
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Halloween and a declining Christian tradition coexist on All Saints’ Day in Spain

MADRID (AP) — Skeletons, ghosts, and monsters of all kinds took to the streets of many cities in Spain at nightfall to celebrate Halloween. The next morning, an older generation flocked to the country’s cemeteries to remember their dead. The sobriety of the Catholic tradition, ...
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South Korea to woo China’s Xi with state visit as APEC wraps up

By Jihoon Lee and Ju-min Park GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping will wrap up his three-day visit to South Korea on Saturday with a state visit hosted by President Lee Jae Myung, the newly elected U.S. ally who has pledged to balance ...
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South Korea’s Lee hopes to tackle AI and demographic issues at APEC summit

GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Saturday he hoped to cooperate with Asia-Pacific countries to tackle issues related to artificial intelligence and demographic changes, at an annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Chinese President Xi ...
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Prince William leaves Andrew scandal behind for trip to Brazil

By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince William heads to Brazil next week for the awards ceremony for his multi-million-dollar environmental prize, hoping to refocus attention away from the scandal of his uncle Andrew and back on the royals’ causes. William will visit some of Rio de ...
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North Korea says denuclearisation is unrealisable ‘pipe dream’ before China, South Korea summit

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable “pipe dream,” according to state media KCNA.  Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean ...
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Cuba rescues residents stranded by floodwaters in wake of Hurricane Melissa

RIO CAUTO, Cuba (Reuters) -Cuba worked on Friday to rescue residents still stranded by unprecedented floodwaters in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, including a flooded river that had cut off one of the country’s most important east-west thoroughfares. The Rio Cauto overflowed its banks shortly ...
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Ukraine denounces attacks on power substations vital to nuclear plants

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denounced on Friday what it described as Russian attacks on substations critical to supplying external power for Ukraine’s nuclear power stations. Russia has carried out “targeted strikes on such substations”, a ministry statement issued late on Friday said. “Deliberate strikes on civilian ...
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Protesters call for governor’s resignation after Rio’s deadliest police raid

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters on Friday marched through one of the favelas targeted in Rio de Janeiro’s most lethal police raid that left more than 100 dead, calling for Rio state Gov. Cláudio Castro to resign amid continued outrage over ...
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APEC summit to close in South Korea after Trump, Xi agreed on trade truce

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum on Saturday after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war, generating ...
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Ukraine lands special forces in embattled Pokrovsk, sources say

By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine landed special forces to fight in embattled parts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk earlier this week, just as Russia said it had surrounded Kyiv’s forces in the area, two Ukrainian military sources said on Friday.  The ...
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