The presidents ofRussia andIran disagree with theTurkish president's proposal for a ceasefire inIdlib after meeting inTehran, because it would not include the Islamist militants those nations aim to defeat.(Reuters)
Energy specialists and executives say a power outage from the earthquake could have been lessened ifHokkaido Electric did not rely so exclusively on the Tomato-Atsuma coal plant. The company has restored electricity to just over half of its affected customers.(Reuters)
Protesters storm theIranian consulate inBasra, in protest of corruption and misrule by Iraq's political elite, damaging the consulate's offices and shouting anti-Iranian slogans while others briefly take workers hostage at a nearby oilfield.(Reuters)(Ynet News)
