WASHINGTON -- U.S. National security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are not expected to hold a formal bilateral meeting during the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Argentina.

In a press briefing at the White House, Bolton, when asked to confirm whether Trump will meet with the Saudi leader, said that Trump's "bilateral schedule is full to overflowing at this point." (US-Saudi Arabia-G20)

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MADRID -- Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has been fined 30,000 euros (33,864 U.S. dollars) for the use of privileged information in the sale of shares in the Spanish technology company "Abengoa," according to the Spanish Official State Bulletin published on Tuesday.

Borrell is a member of the Board of Directors of Abengoa and sold 10,000 shares in the company on Nov. 24, 2015, just 24 hours before the company announced it was opening bankruptcy proceedings. (Spain-FM-Insider Trading)

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WASHINGTON -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed due to a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Afghanistan, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Citing U.S. military officials, the report said that the incident took place during a U.S. military patrol near Ghazni city, which caused three other U.S. service members and a U.S. military contractor wounded. (US-Afghanistan-Bombing)

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SKOPJE -- A total of 62 out of 120 Macedonian Members of Parliament voted Tuesday in favor of depriving the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski his parliamentary immunity.

Earlier in the day, the Parliament Committee on Rules of Procedure and Issues of Mandate and Immunity endorsed the court's motion for removing Gruevski's immunity as a result of his escape to Hungary after being sentenced to two years in jail on corruption charges. (Macedonia-Former PM-Parliamentary Immunity)

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DAMASCUS -- Russian military experts have started analyzing soil samples and pieces of shrapnel related to the recent suspected gas attack by the rebels in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, state news agency SANA reported Tuesday.

Valery Vasiliev, head of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Russian forces in Syria, said that Russian military experts at a mobile compound started analyzing the samples of soil and parts of shells fired during the Saturday attack. (Russia-Syria-Gas Attack) Enditem

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