The Afghan government has not yet responded to Russia's invitation to take part in peace talks on Afghanistan that will include the Taliban, the TASS news agency quoted Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Thursday. Russia has invited 12 countries, including the...

South Africa's government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into farm seizures and the "large scale killing of farmers" in the country. The government said Trump's tweet was based on "false information" and...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir in Moscow on Aug. 29, TASS news agency quoted a ministry spokeswoman as saying on Thursday. Lavrov will meet his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Russian capital on Friday, the ministry said.

A knifeman killed his mother and sister in the Paris suburb of Trappes on Thursday and seriously wounded a third person, a French Interior Ministry source said. The young man, who killed his victims out in the street before taking refuge in a house, was later shot dead by police when he...