By Farah Master

HONG KONG (Reuters) -The Turkish-operated cargo plane that skidded off the runway at Hong Kong's international airport last month, killing two airport workers, experienced an acceleration in one of its four engines after landing, an initial investigation has found.

A preliminary report from Hong Kong's Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) released late on Tuesday said the flight from Dubai, operated by ACT Airlines on behalf of Emirates, was normal until shortly after landing.

(Reuters) -Elon Musk joined a dinner with U.S President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, the second joint public appearance since a bitter public feud earlier this year.

Musk's attendance could be a sign of reconciliation in a turbulent relationship between the Tesla CEO and the U.S. president.

Musk supported and funded Trump's election last year and became a close adviser to his administration early this year, leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and overseeing cuts to federal funding and jobs.

Draft beer, peanuts and big-screen sports... the scene is reminiscent of pubs worldwide, but in Saudi Arabia's capital, customers in white robes or black veils sip alcohol-free pints with no expectation of a hangover.

"The idea is to offer customers an original experience they can share on social media," Abdallah Islam, manager of the A12 cafe in Riyadh, told AFP.

At the cafe, Saudi women lift their black face veils to sip ice-cold beer.

"Is there alcohol in this?" one customer asked, nervously eyeing his pint.

SYDNEY/BELEM (Reuters) -Australia will not oppose a successful Turkish bid to host next year's COP31 climate summit, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, warning a prolonged standoff over hosting rights could undermine unity required to help the Pacific island nations.

Australia and Turkey submitted bids in 2022 to host COP31 and neither has withdrawn. Albanese earlier this week ruled out a joint hosting arrangement, saying UN rules do not permit co-hosts for the annual summit.

VIENNA (Reuters) -Europe's top three powers and the U.S. have submitted a draft resolution to this week's meeting of the U.N. atomic watchdog's 35-nation Board of Governors demanding answers and access from Iran over its bombed nuclear sites and enriched uranium stock.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nothing to do with his family business as the Trump Organization and a Saudi developer look to open the latest Trump hotel in the Maldives.

During a meeting with the Saudi crown prince in the Oval Office, Trump was asked about a possible conflict of interest for the Trump Organization to do business with Saudi Arabia while he is president.

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ankara on Wednesday, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Tuesday.

Earlier on Tuesday, a Turkish source had said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Turkey on Wednesday and join planned talks there with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but the foreign ministry source said the talks would only be with Zelenskiy.

(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu, Writing by Huseyin Hayatsever)

CAIRO (Reuters) -Egypt annulled parliamentary votes in over a quarter of first-round constituencies on Tuesday in one of the most significant disruptions to a national election in recent years.

Polls opened last week for the first of two rounds to elect the final parliament of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s third term, the last he is allowed under the current constitution.

Under a hybrid system, seats are split between individual candidates and closed lists where the candidates are fixed.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -One man was killed and three other people were injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli military and ambulance service said, in what Israeli authorities described as a terror attack.

The Israeli military said in a statement two attackers were also killed by soldiers, but did not provide further details. It said explosive materials were found in the vehicle used by the attackers, which were being neutralised by bomb disposal specialists.

By Alexander Cornwell and Timour Azhari

TEL AVIV/RIYDAH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia's defacto ruler Mohammed bin Salman is set to press U.S. President Donald Trump to personally intervene to help end the war in Sudan during talks in Washington on Tuesday, five people familiar with the matter said.

The sources -- two Arab diplomats and three western diplomats -- said the Saudi Crown Prince believed Trump's direct pressure was needed to break a logjam in talks to end more than two and a half years of war, pointing to his work to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza last month.