The G-7 meeting will offer Washington’s allies an early opportunity to gauge the Trump administration’s thinking. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Paris from November 8 to 10 for a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers, the State Department said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This marks Rubio's first trip abroad since the Republican Party's sweeping losses in US midterm elections, dealing a sharp blow to President Donald Trump as Democrats won full control of Congress.