Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday amid expectations the US president will formally recognize the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. But Netanyahu announced that he would cut the visit short following his meeting with Trump,…

At least 13 civilians were killed, mostly children, in an air strike by "international forces" in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz late last week, the United Nations said yesterday. The strike happened between late Friday and early Saturday in support of ground operations conducted by pro-government…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron were to hold talks in Paris yesterday with the host leader seeking to forge a…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks, asking whether police and intelligence services could have prevented the March 15 attack. Ardern said a royal commission -- the most powerful judicial probe available under…