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Syria's Assad says UN truce plan 'worth studying'

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said Monday that the U.N. envoy's proposal to implement a cease-fire in the embattled northern city of Aleppo was "worth studying." The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, first raised the idea of small-scale, localized and negotiated...

China deal sends shares to one-month high, ruble surges

(Reuters) - A landmark deal to give global investors easier access to China's $3.9 trillion stock market lifted world shares to their highest in over a month on Monday, as tensions in Libya and Ukraine pushed up oil prices. Chinese shares jumped 2.5 percent and Hong Kong's Hang...

Taliban bombs kill at least 10 police in Afghanistan

(Reuters) - Bombs exploded in three cities in Afghanistan on Monday killing at least 10 policemen, officials said, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself in Kabul's police headquarters killing one person. The Taliban were ousted from power in 2001 by U.S.-led...