WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United States' top general told Congress on Thursday that he did not believe it would be wise to share intelligence with Russia and said that would not be one of the military's missions if Washington and Moscow were to work together in Syria.

MADRID (Reuters) - Two Spanish men have been arrested in Madrid accused of publicly praising Islamic State attacks on Paris and planning to join the militants, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Foes of President Nicolas Maduro vowed to protest and accused Venezuela's election authority on Thursday of ignoring popular will by quashing their push for a referendum this year on recalling the unpopular socialist leader.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home resales unexpectedly fell in August, crimped by a shortage of inventory that is boosting home prices faster than the pace of wage growth.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of Vladimir Putin's closest friends said on Thursday he believed Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States and that Western leaders were no match for the Russian president.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell to its lowest in a week against a basket of major currencies on Thursday as investors sold the greenback following a writedown of longer-term interest rate expectations from the Federal Reserve.

SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA, Bosnia, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Bosnia's autonomous Serb region is set to defy its highest court with a referendum on a national holiday on Sunday that may stoke separatist sentiment lingering since the 1990s war.

SANAA (Reuters) - The death toll from an Arab coalition air strike which hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen has risen to 26 people, medics and residents in the Houthi-held area said on Thursday, and the alliance said it was looking into the report.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin came under renewed fire on Thursday as she hosted a "Fertility Day" conference aimed at persuading couples to have more children.