BUCHAREST -- The Moldovan parliament on Tuesday passed a motion of censure against the coalition government of Prime Minister Maia Sandu, Moldovan media reported.

The motion was filed last Friday by the coalition member Socialist Party, which was dissatisfied with Sandu's decision to change the rules and take on the powers to appoint the prosecutor general without consulting them. (Moldova-Censure Motion-Government)

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ANKARA -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that neither Russia nor the United States could remove the Syrian Kurdish fighters from northern Syria.

He made the remarks before departing for Washington where he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump. (Turkey-US-Syria Ceasefire)

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MADRID -- Acting Prime Minister and Spanish Socialist Workers' Party leader Pedro Sanchez, and Pablo Iglesias, the leader of the left-wing Unidas-Podemos party, on Tuesday signed a 'pre-agreement' for the two parties to form a coalition government in Spain. (Spain-Political Parties-Coalition)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Brazil on Tuesday to attend the 11th BRICS Summit to be held on Nov. 13-14.

According to his official itinerary, Modi is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, among others, on the sidelines of the summit. (India-BRICS-Narendra Modi) Enditem

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