Emmanuel Macron, the French president, will attempt to defuse tension with Russia over the Iran tanker crisis, Crimea, Syria and the Skripal poisoning in a controversial meeting with Vladimir Putin today.
Indian authorities have reimposed restrictions on movement in parts of Kashmir's biggest city, Srinagar, after clashes between residents and police in which dozens were injured, senior officials and eyewitnesses said.
Three Palestinians were shot and killed by an Israeli helicopter and tank at the northern Gaza border fence in a marked escalation of violence along the tense stretch of land.
Hundreds of thousands took to Hong Kong's streets yesterday, defying military threats from Beijing and torrential rain in efforts to reset the tone of a political movement that has engulfed the city all summer.
At least 10,000 people were left homeless yesterday after a huge blaze destroyed most of a slum area of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital.
A fight between rival football fans outside the National Stadium in Honduras has left four people dead.
An ISIL suicide bomber killed at least 63 people and wounded scores more when he detonated explosives in crowds at a wedding feast in Kabul, in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan this year.
