Kremlin: Syria, oil high on Putin's agenda on trip to Iran on Wed

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Syria crisis and energy cooperation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iran's top authority supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei when he visits Tehran on Wednesday, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

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On the rails

Mumbai's local trains are the lifeline of the city, but riding on them is not for the faint of heart.

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Tunnel collapse may have killed 200 after North Korea nuclear test: Japanese broadcaster

TOKYO (Reuters) - A tunnel at North Korea's nuclear test site collapsed after Pyongyang's sixth atomic test in September, possibly killing more than 200 people, Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi said on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.

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Samsung Unveils New Management to Quell Leadership Crisis

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Spain awaits next move by ousted Catalan leader from Belgium

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's foreign minister said on Tuesday he would be surprised if Belgium granted political asylum to Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont, who turned up there following Madrid's dismissal and takeover of Catalonia's regional government.

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Xi, top China party officials, make symbolic visit to Shanghai

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Days after taking over as China's leader in 2012, Xi Jinping led other top Communist Party officials to Beijing's National Museum to visit an exhibit on party history entitled "The Road to Rejuvenation". The museum trip telegraphed what would become  one of Xi's overarching policy priorities in the next five years.

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Kurdish-led authorities in north Syria invited to Moscow-backed congress, official says

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia has invited the Kurdish-led authorities in northern Syria to its proposed congress of Syria's various ethnic groups, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters on Tuesday.

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