Reuters: Trump says next summit with North Korea's Kim to come after November U.S. elections
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be held after U.S. congressional elections on Nov. 6.
Speaking to reporters as he flew to Iowa for a political rally, Trump said: “It’ll be after the midterms. I just can’t leave now.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump told reporters that plans were being made for his second summit with Kim and that he thought “incredible” progress had been made in U.S. talks with the long-isolated North Asian country.
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MIDDLE EAST
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Turkey moves to secure Syria buffer zone under deal with Russia.
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Jordan says reopening crucial Syria trade route needs more talks.
Yemen raids kill 79 rebels in 48 hours.
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2,000-year-old inscription spells Jerusalem as Israel does today.
ASIA
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US envoy on Afghan peace takes his mission to Pakistan.
Afghan election candidate killed in suicide attack.
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South Korean president Moon Jae-in floats possibility of Japan-North Korea summit.
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Philippines joining Beijing’s South China Sea drill ‘shows nations are hedging bets’ in Sino-US tussle.
Indonesia says death toll in Sulawesi quake rises past 2,000.
AFRICA
UN, AU ask S.Sudan's warring sides to deliver on peace deal.
Cameroon vote counting continues, opposition declares victory.
Many forced to flee Libya's besieged Derna.
Ethiopian rebels based in Eritrea return home.
DR Congo presidential hopeful asks EU to lift 'humiliating' sanctions.
South Africa’s Zulu nation joins white farmers in fight against government land seizures.
Nigeria: Atiku Abubakar runs for the presidency once more.
Senegal faces water shortage crisis.
South African finance minister Nene resigns over Gupta scandal.
EUROPE
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Hard Brexit could trigger 'massive crisis,' warns German industry.
Brexit makes Scottish independence more likely, Sturgeon tells SNP.
Bulgaria to release suspect in murder of TV journalist Viktoria Marinova.
Cracks appear within Catalan coalition seeking split from Spain.
Thousands evacuated after explosions at Ukrainian ammo depot.
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AMERICAS
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UN’s Nikki Haley to leave in latest Trump shake-up.
Trump questions UN global warming report.
Opposition Venezuelan politician dies in jail.
Brazil's far-right frontrunner Bolsonaro vows to rule with 'authority not authoritarianism'.
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Mexican couple caught with dismembered body parts could have killed as many as 20 women.
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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
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France blames Iranian intelligence for attempted bombing, but questions remain.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
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US trade war would make world 'poorer and more dangerous'.
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