President Sebastian Pinera said the country will no longer host (Guardian) an upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and a UN climate summit originally set for December, as nationwide protests over economic inequality have grown in recent days.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had planned to work toward a trade truce (FT) at the APEC summit, which was planned for mid-November in the capital of Santiago. The climate conference, known as COP25, was designed for countries to take stock of progress toward goals laid out in the Paris Agreement. The United Nations said it is looking at alternative venues (BBC) for the summit. Chile’s protests have continued despite a cabinet reshuffle by Pinera earlier this week.

The short-range projectiles were fired from the country’s west (Yonhap) toward the East Sea, according to South Korea’s military. It was the first known weapons test since the latest round of nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, earlier this month, concluded without progress.

This CFR Backgrounder looks at North Korea’s military capabilities.

Malaysia: Financier Jho Low agreed to give up assets (NYT) valued between $650 million and $900 million that U.S. prosecutors say Low looted from Malaysia’s 1MDB state development fund. It is one of the largest civil asset recoveries by the U.S. government.

The former Indian state is now divided (Hindu) into two federally administered territories: Ladakh, which borders China; and Jammu and Kashmir. The move was announced in August, as New Delhi revoked the region’s special status and launched a security crackdown there.

CFR lays out what to know about the disputed region of Kashmir. 

Pakistan: At least seventy-three people were killed after a gas cylinder exploded on a train (Dawn) that was passing through the country’s east.

One hundred fifty representatives from Syria’s government, opposition, and civil society gathered for the first meeting (Al Jazeera) of a constitutional committee aimed at ending the country’s eight-year civil war.

This CFR explainer traces Syria’s descent into civil war.

Egypt: More than 4,300 people have been arrested (WaPo) since anti-government protests began last month, including more than a hundred foreigners, journalists, and children, according to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, a Cairo-based watchdog. Amnesty International has called the crackdown the country’s largest under President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

Facebook has suspended (VOA) three networks of Russia-based accounts it says backed certain political figures and disparaged pro-democracy activists in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, and Mozambique.

Sudan: Several thousand Sudanese troops have withdrawn (AP) from Yemen over the past few months, two senior Sudanese officials said. Sudan is part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in the country.

CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker traces the most recent developments in Yemen’s war.

The intercontinental ballistic missile was fired (Moscow Times) from a new nuclear-powered submarine that is slated to join Russia’s Northern Fleet, its naval fleet in the Arctic, in December. 

Turkey: Ankara summoned the U.S. ambassador (Reuters) after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Turkey warned that the move would damage bilateral relations.

The Organization of American States (OAS) begins an audit (Reuters) today of Bolivia’s recent presidential election. The October 20 vote, in which President Evo Morales was declared the winner, sparked allegations of fraud.

In announcing the ban (Twitter), Jack Dorsey, CEO of the social media giant, said that the reach of political messaging (NYT) on the platform should be “earned, not bought.” Facebook has been criticized for a more hands-off approach to political advertising.