1. Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of its regional allies to discuss potential retaliation against Israel.

2. More than 100 venture capitalists threw their support behind Harris, a counterweight to tech billionaires backing Trump.

3. Signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the US, Germany, Slovenia and Britain on the other, are multiplying but there is no official confirmation of what may be the biggest swap since the Cold War.

4. North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the US if Trump is re-elected and is working on a new negotiating strategy.

5. Indian soldiers are rushing to complete construction of a bridge to connect the worst affected area in the Kerala landslides.

6. A slump in China's manufacturing activityled a generally weak performance for Asia's factories last month.