Russia would not invade NATO as it has too many complications with the fighting in Ukraine, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the Kremlin, according to the Russian state-run RIA news agency, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Kenyan police fired teargas and arrested at least three people as hundreds protested against a wave of femicides, a Reuters reporter and human rights activists said.

United Nations Security Council members will work on a statement on Syria in the coming days, U.S. and Russian diplomats said, after a closed-door meeting over the rebel seizure of the capital Damascus and ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.

Israel is now more optimistic about a possible hostage deal in Gaza, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday, amid reports that Hamas had asked for lists of all hostages still held by militant groups in the Palestinian enclave.

Germany will close a legal loophole that enabled human traffickers to store the small boats they use to cross the English Channel as part of a broader German-British deal to tackle people smuggling, the British interior ministry said.

The first agreement signed under a trade initiative between Taiwan and the United States will come into force, both governments announced, as Taipei hopes a raft of ongoing talks will eventually lead to a free trade deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will testify for the first time in his long-running corruption trial.

A terror attack in New Zealand remains a “realistic possibility” over the next year as evolving global and domestic security trends continue to drive extremist sentiment, the country’s intelligence service said on Tuesday.

Safety for tens of thousands of Pacific islander workers in Australia as part of a labour scheme is a major issue with road accidents and exploitation key concerns.

Damascus stirred back to life at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule.