The United States plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe's eastern flank, including soldiers who were to be stationed at Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, Romania's defence ministry said on Wednesday.

On Wall Street both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite set record highs as trading started, following fresh peaks set in London and some Asian markets as US President Donald Trump voiced optimism on the eve of crunch talks with China's President Xi Jinping.

The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade

US and Chinese officials have reached a framework agreement, averting a potentially ruinous 157% tariff on Chinese goods while paving the way for a potential trade deal to be discussed between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week.

Pending sales of existing US homes stalled in September, suggesting anxiety about the job market kept potential buyers sidelined despite a welcome easing in mortgage rates.

The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.

Trump warns Putin that U.S. nuclear submarine is stationed right off Russian shores in response to Moscow's new 8,000-mile range missile test on Sunday.

On defence and security, Tokyo will want to reaffirm that its defence alliance with Washington remains solid, especially as tensions simmer in the South China Sea and around Taiwan.