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By Elias Biryabarema

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The son of Uganda's long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday he had abandoned plans to run for presidency at the next election in 2026, urging his supporters to endorse his father instead.

President Museveni, who has led the country for 38 years, is widely expected to run for re-election even though he has not yet confirmed his candidacy.

"I would like to announce that I... (continue reading...)

KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped to meet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump next week when he travels to the United States to present Ukraine's "victory plan" in the war against Russia.

Zelenskiy will attend sessions of the U.N. Security Council and General Assembly and also plans to meet U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in separate meetings on Sept. 26.

The Ukrainian... (continue reading...)

By James Oliphant

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Trump campaign said.

Trump previously endorsed Mark Robinson, who was the subject of an explosive CNN report this week that he once called himself a Black Nazi and proposed bringing back slavery in comments posted on a... (continue reading...)

By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett

(Reuters) - Countries could use next week's U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world's annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the U.S. election could jeopardize progress ahead of the next U.N. climate summit in November.

Negotiators told Reuters that countries were reluctant to stake out their positions before knowing who might win the Nov. 5 U.S.... (continue reading...)

By Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart and Anthony Deutsch

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.

The sources - a European diplomat, a European intelligence official and a U.S. official - said it was not clear why Iran did not supply... (continue reading...)