An Afghan official says that at least five police officers have been killed when their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents in the northwestern Badghis province. Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the provincial council, says three other police were wounded and another detained by the...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that China recently sent a list of compromises to reach a trade agreement. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that further tariffs on Chinese goods may not be needed because “China wants to make a deal.” “They sent a list of...

The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, ordered the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to American officials. The C.I.A. made the assessment based on the crown prince’s control of Saudi Arabia, which is such...

The special envoy of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an 8-nation Horn of Africa bloc, has warned that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a threat to peace in Somalia. “This is the first time in 30 years that Somalia has been registering progress in institutional...