Main News of November 10

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday discussed international issues over the phone, the Kremlin said in a statement

* Russia’s foreign minister has called on world powers and Iran to show “political will” in finding a solution to the international standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program

RUSSIA

* The situation in the North Caucasus should be constantly monitored by the Interior Ministry, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday as he congratulated ministry staff on their professional holiday

* The Russian city of Krasnoyarsk was officially named the host city of the 2019 Winter University Games at the FISU Executive Committee meeting in Brussels

POLITICS

* Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Sunday there will be no confrontation with Russia

* Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he hopes the Arctic Sunrise case will be resolved by diplomatic means

* Gays are not being prosecuted in Russia, so they have no grounds to ask the Netherlands for asylum, the Dutch foreign minister has said

SPORTS

* Georgia’s president-elect said Sunday he is considering attending the 2014 Winter Olympic Games that Russia will host in its Black Sea resort of Sochi in February in a move that could eventually reduce political tensions between the two countries