Putin firms control with big win for Russia's ruling party

MOSCOW The ruling United Russia party is on track to win 343 of 450 seats in Russia's lower house of parliament, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.

The Commission made it prediction with more than 93 percent of ballots counted, Ella Pamfilova, the head of the commission, told a news briefing.




People walk past a sign reading ''United Russia'' on a building in central Stavropol, Russia, September 18, 2016. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko




Turkey-backed rebels could push further south in Syria, Erdogan says


ISTANBUL Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focused on heading toward the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.




Clinton, Trump to both meet with Egyptian president at U.N.


WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. An adviser to U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign said on Sunday that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during the United Nations General Assembly, just as Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is also scheduled to do.




U.S., Japan, South Korea ministers discuss tougher measures against North Korea


NEW YORK Foreign ministers for the United States, Japan and South Korea met in New York on Sunday, ahead of U.N. meetings, to discuss stepped-up measures against North Korea and expand collaboration with one another after Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test.