Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a visit to Britain on November 12 that he hopes will yield trade deals worth billions of dollars and a boost to his authority after a damaging electoral failure back home.

The United States and Cuba are likely to announce agreements by the end of the year for restoring long-suspended scheduled airline flights and postal service between the two countries.

Russia wants the Syrian government and opposition to agree on launching a constitutional reform process of up to 18 months, followed by early presidential elections, a draft document obtained by Reuters showed on November 10.

Iran has stopped dismantling centrifuges in two uranium enrichment plants, state media reported November 10, days after conservative lawmakers complained to President Hassan Rouhani that the process was too rushed.

President Barack Obama will discuss the crisis in Syria with US allies during the upcoming G20 meeting, a White House spokesman said on November 10.

Prime Minister David Cameron will kick off his efforts to reform the European Union on November 10 with a declaration that his demands are not "Mission Impossible", just the price EU leaders must pay if he is to keep Britain in the bloc.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured US President Barack Obama on November 9 that he remained committed to a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict as they sought to mend ties strained by acrimony over Middle East diplomacy and Iran.

Croatia's conservative opposition won the country's first election since it joined the European Union in 2013, partial results from November 8's election showed, but its narrow victory meant lengthy coalition talks were likely to follow in the next days or weeks.

A Jordanian officer shot dead two US government security contractors, a South African trainer and two Jordanians at a US funded police training facility near Amman on November 9 before being killed in a shootout, Jordanian authorities said.

Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on November 8 as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.