CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Interior Ministry said early on Tuesday that it killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader it said was responsible for the group's "armed wing" and another member of the group in a shootout on Monday. Mohamed Kamal, 61, a member of the group's top leadership, and Yasser Shehata, another leader, were killed.

By Dmitry Solovyov and Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended a treaty with Washington on cleaning up weapons-grade plutonium, signaling he is willing to use nuclear disarmament as a new bargaining chip in disputes with the United States over Ukraine and Syria.

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused Theresa May of ignoring Scots over Britain's exit from the European Union after the British Prime Minister indicated that Scotland will not have a veto.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have arrested six members of an Islamic State-inspired group suspected of plotting attacks on key figures and public places during the Hindu festival of Diwali, the national counter-terrorism agency said on Monday. Islamic State has struggled to win over many recruits in India, which is home to the world's third-largest Muslim population.

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand is considering testing all pregnant women for Zika, the health ministry said on Monday, following confirmation last week of its first known cases of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size, linked to the Zika virus.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Fifteen Syrian rebels have been killed and 35 wounded in clashes in the last 24 hours in Syria, where Turkey launched a major military incursion in support of the rebels in late August, the Turkish military said on Monday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Germany wants to help Iran push ahead with reforms, Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday, adding he believed the Islamic Republic was a reliable credit partner as he courted closer trade ties.

By Helen Murphy and Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government and Marxist FARC guerrillas will scramble on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock result that plunged the nation into uncertainty.

By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva LES CAYES/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Fears mounted in Haiti as Hurricane Matthew edged closer on Monday, bringing 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and life-threatening rain that could wreak havoc in the Caribbean nation, where some 2,000 people in one coastal town refused to evacuate.

By Gabriel Stargardter PORT ROYAL, Jamaica (Reuters) - Since being founded in the mid-17th century, the small Jamaican fishing town of Port Royal has survived a seemingly endless cycle of typically Caribbean threats, including pirates, plagues, hurricanes, fires and earthquakes.