Explosions in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 24

Merkel unsatisfied with German state election result


HANGZHOU, China German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was unhappy about the results of Sunday's regional election, where her party was relegated to third place behind an anti-immigrant party but added her refugee policies have been right all along.




Italy rescues 500 boat migrants, six bodies off Libya


ROME The Italian navy rescued nearly 500 boat migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday and recovered the bodies of six people who fell out of a leaking rubber vessel.




Obama and Putin tell diplomats to keep working on Syria argument


HANGZHOU, China U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a longer-than-expected discussion on Monday about whether, and how, they could agree on a ceasefire deal in war-torn Syria, a senior U.S. administration official said.