Main News of November 8

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* The Syrian National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces refused to take part in an informal meeting with Syrian government officials in Moscow aimed at resolving the current humanitarian crisis in the war-torn country

* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to attend international talks in Geneva about Iran’s controversial nuclear program amid hopes for a breakthrough deal, Russian diplomats said

RUSSIA

* Russia will supply modern weaponry to Egypt, provided that Cairo is able to finance the purchases, a high-ranking official at Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said

* Russia considers unfounded US skepticism over the sincerity of Syria’s declaration of its chemical weapon stockpiles, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said

* Russia lashed out at the Netherlands for what it says was its failure to prevent a Dutch-registered Greenpeace icebreaker seized by Russian border guards in September from entering Arctic waters

* Russia has sent an extradition request to Cambodia for fugitive businessman Sergei Polonsky, the Prosecutor General’s Office said