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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says Yemen's Houthi (HOO'-thee) rebels have released two U.S. citizens. Kerry says they were freed today as part of a complicated diplomatic arrangement that included airlifts for Yemenis wounded by an airstrike this past week by a Saudi-led coalition. Those individuals were taken to Oman for treatment.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A nine-nation meeting hasn't agreed on any concrete action to stop the violence in Syria. But Secretary of State John Kerry says several new ideas are being explored after today's "brainstorming session" in Switzerland. Kerry says the meeting with top diplomats from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and others was candid and constructive, and that contacts among foreign ministers will continue.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Haiti for a look at the devastation left by Hurricane Matthew. He's visiting a southern city hit hard by the storm. Matthew's eye made landfall Oct. 4 in a rugged region of southwestern Haiti, leaving hundreds dead.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says a North Korean fisherman was killed and eight others injured when Russian border guards opened fire on a fishing trawler. Russia's Federal Security Service says the trawler entered Russian waters in the Sea of Japan and was detained. The security service says border guards found what it describes as "illegally obtained aquatic bio-resources." It says the clash occurred when the crew tried to grab the guards' weapons and flee.
LONDON (AP) — Britain is marking the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Thousands gathered today for a re-enactment of the 1066 battle between William of Normandy and Anglo-Saxon King Harold. The battle left thousands dead, including King Harold. Some participants dressed as warriors walked roughly 300 miles from York in northern England to the Battle Abbey in East Sussex in southern England to recreate a march that preceded the battle, camping along the way.
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