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The leader of Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, is to visit Syria on Monday, the pro-government newspaper al-Watan said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OsKa39

JP Morgan & Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and Ford Motor Co Chairman Bill Ford canceled plans to attend a Saudi investor conference, the companies said on Sunday, the latest such high-profile announcements after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P02909

North and South Korea met on Monday to discuss the next steps in their pact to renew economic cooperation, with the North saying it wanted a "substantive outcome" from the talks, against the backdrop of U.S. concerns over their haste to warm ties. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Os8diw

Malaysia freed 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year because they did nothing wrong there, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PAmpT1

A growing group of more than 1,500 Honduran migrants headed for the United States moved toward the Guatemalan border on Sunday, witnesses and organizers said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ROjcAX

Saudi Arabia on Sunday warned against threats to punish it over last week's disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as European leaders piled on pressure and two more U.S. executives scrapped plans to attend a Saudi investor conference. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2yC6rk8

Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said the United States must confront Saudi Arabia or risk losing credibility on human rights, if allegations are proven true that the Saudi government orchestrated the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OmUXM0

Egypt on Sunday called for a transparent investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and warned against the case being used to politically exploit Saudi Arabia. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ypFp0j

Australia's new prime minister extended his party's nascent recovery, one widely watched opinion poll showed on Monday, six days before a crucial by-election, but the main Labor opposition still holds a landslide-sized lead before elections due by May. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2J1K0db

The head of South Korea's ruling Democratic Party of Korea Lee Hae-chan said he had heard that the Pope wishes to visit North Korea next spring, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ROT8Wj

As Hong Kong's government hews closer to Beijing, officials are taking a tough line on perceived national security threats, even deploying an elite police unit for political monitoring and surveillance - a sharp escalation in rhetoric and action. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RKnKrX

Britain's main opposition Labour Party would stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia if it was in government, its foreign policy spokeswoman said on Sunday after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CHyByP

JP Morgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has canceled plans to attend a Saudi Arabian investor conference later this month, the company said on Sunday, the latest high-profile cancellation after the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2IX3saQ