With a portrait of former U.S. President Andrew Jackson hanging in the background, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese in the Oval Office of the White House in…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a press-marathon at a food market in Kiev, Ukraine on October 10. (REUTERS Photo)     KIEV, October 10 (Reuters): Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that U.S. President Donald…

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with China's President Xi Jinping (not pictured) during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China on October 9, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)     ISLAMABAD, October 10 (Reuters):…

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions during an event to sign executive orders on "transparency in federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US on October 9, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)    …

Ireland's Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar waves as he meets Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Dublin, Ireland on September 9, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)     LONDON, October 10 (Reuters): Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet his…

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen gives a speech during Taiwan's National Day in Taipei, Taiwan on October 10. (REUTERS Photo)   TAIPEI, October 10 (Reuters): Taiwan's president rejected on Thursday a "one country, two systems" formula that Beijing…

Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, as seen from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, Turkey on October 10.  (REUTERS Photo)     ISTANBUL, October 10 (Reuters): Turkey said its forces seized designated targets…

People stand at a back of a truck as they flee Ras al Ain town, Syria October 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Rodi Said)   AKCAKALE (Turkey), October 10  (Reuters): Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies attacked Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on…

A screen displays the portraits of the laureates of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (L-R) John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries" during a news conference at the Royal Swedish…

Relatives gather around the coffin during the funeral for DJ Joao Vitor, who was shot dead holding a drilling machine during a police operation in Santa Maria slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 4, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)   SAO GONCALO,…

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong, China on October 8, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)   HONG KONG, October 9 (Reuters): Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday did not rule out asking Beijing for…

Mounted riot police are seen near the National Assembly during protests against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures, in Quito, Ecuador on October 8, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)   QUITO, October 9 (Reuters): Ecuadorean President Lenin…

A copy of Utusan Malaysia newspaper is seen at company's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 9. (REUTERS Photo)   KUALA LUMPUR, October 9 (Reuters): Malaysia's oldest Malay-language newspaper, Utusan Malaysia, on Wednesday abruptly…

Tourists crowd a trail as they attempt to climb the Uluru, a large sandstone rock formation at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia on September 25, 2019 in this image obtained from social media. (REUTERS File Photo)    …

Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar reacts during a news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in Stockholm, Sweden on October 3, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)     DUBLIN, October 9 (Reuters): It will be very difficult to secure…