Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an edge over his main rival in Israel's third election in under a year, but exit polls indicated it was unclear whether he could clinch the parliamentary majority needed to claim victory.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ended her Democratic presidential campaign on Monday and endorse rival Joe Biden in an effort to unify moderate voters behind the former vice president's White House bid.
Taliban militants will not take part in intra-Afghan talks until about 5,000 of their prisoners are released, a spokesman said on Monday, presenting a major possible barrier to ending the war. The statement came as a reduction of violence period came to and end, and the Taliban said a resumption of operations against Afghan government forces could now take place.
The United Nations special envoy for Libya said on Monday he has resigned due to stress, days after his latest effort at peacemaking failed to achieve a breakthrough in the conflict.
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, to induce owners to buy replacement phones or batteries.
The coronavirus has already forced Canadian athletes to scuttle training camps and bow out of major competitions, but in the bigger picture, Olympic athletes have no idea if the Tokyo Games themselves might be postponed or cancelled all together.
A recently dismissed security guard freed his hostages and walked out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Monday, ending a daylong hostage crisis in an upscale commercial district near the police and military headquarters, officials say.
The European Union's chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, expresses sympathy with Turkey over the conflict in Syria but says it's not permissible for Ankara to let refugees and migrants on its territory cross into Europe as reports indicate at least two migrants have died trying to reach Greece.
Ahead of Israel's third election in less than 12 months, no single issue seems to have moved the needle significantly enough to swing voters in one direction or another — leading to predictions of a fourth poll in the fall.
South Korea's viral outbreak surged and millions of children in Japan stayed home from school Monday as officials wrestled with the epidemic in more than 60 countries.
