Today In World News: November 13, 2017

Today In World News:

Courtesy of Buzzfeed

• At least 43 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in 3 air strikes by either the Syrian government or Russian war planes on a busy market in al-Atarib. 

•  ISIL has recaptured some 60% of al-Bukamal, its last stronghold in Syria just 2 days after the Syrian army declared it had taken full control over the town.

• Russia and the United States will continue their efforts fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Syria, US President Donald Trump and Russian Vladimir Putin have agreed. But in a joint statement released by the Kremlin, the leaders agreed there was no military solution to the conflict in Syria and called on all parties to take part in the Geneva process.

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested Russia and the US should pull their troops out of war-torn Syria after their leaders - Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump - said there was "no military solution" to the country's long-running conflict.

• 400+ people were killed in Iraq & Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country. Rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. 

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has put the United States and Russia on notice that Israel will continue to take military action across the frontier in Syria, even as the 2 powers try to build up a ceasefire there.

• More than 400 millionaires and billionaires will reportedly ask US Congress not to cut their taxes. 

• A North Korean soldier defected to the South after being shot and wounded by the North Korean military.

• President Donald Trump said he will nominate former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar to serve as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary.

• Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad in Syria have committed crimes against humanity through their “starve or surrender” strategy and sieges that have devastated areas controlled by the opposition.

• There was no pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump over the Philippines’ bloody war on drugs during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit with President Rodrigo Duterte.

• Spain warned its European Union partners about a disinformation campaign aimed at destabilizing its volatile northeast region of Catalonia, which Madrid claims appears to be coming from Russia.

• 2 former top U.S. intelligence officials said they fear President Donald Trump is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Trump said he believed Putin was sincere in denying Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

• Saudi Arabia announced that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen will begin reopening airports and seaports, days after closing them over a rebel ballistic missile attack on Riyadh.  A top leader of Yemen’s Shiite rebels vowed retaliation against the oil-rich kingdom over its disastrous blockade of his war-torn country.