Reuters

A light legislative agenda, some say, could be a strategy designed in part to bog down Hillary Clinton if she becomes president.

The Philippines, along with Japan and other countries, is locked in maritime territorial disputes with China.

Barack Obama, on the sidelines of a summit in Laos, also said bigger countries should not dictate to smaller ones, likely referring to China.

The attacks highlight the precarious security climate in the capital just a month before a Brussels conference of international donors.

The protest was called by some leaders in the state’s powerful Arakan National Party, which has criticized the panel, insisting that foreigners cannot understand the history of the area.

Barack Obama was set to hold his first meeting with Rodrigo Duterte, but cancelled after the Filipino president lobbed an insult at him in front of reporters.

China’s comments were in response to questions whether it intentionally failed to provide Obama’s plane with a staircase, an event that has fueled speculation it was a diplomatic snub.

The recommendation casts a pall over Nicolas Sarkozy’s bid to become president again in a contest scheduled for next April.

No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, all of which took place between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. local time and killed several people, according to state media and a monitor.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were unable to strike a deal for a ceasefire in Syria and differences remain, a senior official said Monday.

Several pro-independence candidates won seats in Hong Kong’s legislative election on Sunday, results likely to further strain ties with Communist Party rulers in Beijing.

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has fired Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly after suspected Islamist militants briefly seized a village.

The incident took place on a major highway connecting the southern province of Kandahar with the capital city of Kabul.

Apple CEO Tim Cook last week described the ruling as “total political crap,” but France and Germany have come out to back Brussels on the decision.

Tensions over the disputed waters between China and its neighbors were expected to hang over the G20 summit, which opens on Sunday.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday that climate change scepticism is over “scientifically and environmentally.”

Turkey's southeast has seen heavy fighting in recent days in Hakkari province, near the border with Iraq, and in Van province, near the border with Iran.

Eight members of Turkey's security forces and 11 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party were killed in clashes overnight in the country’s southeast.

The credit line is expected to give a lift to a country rapidly pursing a military deterrent as discord festers in the South China Sea.

The territorial row over the island chain, seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War Two, has upset diplomatic relations ever since.

Islam Karimov, who died Friday at the age of 78 after suffering a stroke, will be buried later on Saturday in his hometown of Samarkand.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which police said killed 14 people and wounded 67.

The US economy added fewer jobs in August, slowing down job growth. Economists say it could rule out an interest rate hike this month.

The blasts hit hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighborhood in the same region.

A wave of 2,400 killings unleashed in a war on drugs since Rodrigo Duterte came to power two months ago has gained popular support in the Southeast Asian nation.

The Labor Department will release its closely watched employment report Friday, more than two weeks before the Fed’s policy meeting.

The Reserve Bank of Australia starts printing and circulating a new five-dollar note designed to help the vision-impaired and featuring anti-fraud technology.

Ying Lin, 46, was also accused in an indictment of obstructing justice by helping a Chinese national the FBI was investigating.

Japan has been eyeing closer ties with Russia to counter China’s growing clout, as well as its interest in Russia’s natural resources.