JERUSALEM / Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet US President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on September 19. Netanyahu spoke to reporters accompanying him on a trip to Latin America before his plane left Tel Aviv for Argentina on Sunday night. …

Bloomberg Russia’s ruling party swept gubernatorial elections, but the beleaguered opposition claimed a rare breakthrough in voting for district councils in Moscow after overcoming divisions. A pro-democracy bloc got about 13 percent of the vote and won control of councils in several districts of the Russian capital. While the bodies have limited power, they’d been targeted by Kremlin opponents who’ve …

Bloomberg With doubts growing that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term because of lingering health issues, cracks are emerging in the ruling All Progressives Congress as key politicians jostle to succeed him. Women Affairs Minister Aisha Alhassan appeared in an online video last week declaring support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to become leader in 2019, …