MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday he was optimistic about reaching an agreement with Washington over the proposed punitive tariffs on imported goods coming from Mexico.

"There is a willingness on the part of U.S. officials to establish a dialogue and reach agreements," Lopez Obrador told reporters at a press conference in Veracruz, a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico. (Mexico-US-Tariffs)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli army said it struck Syrian military positions early Sunday morning, a day after two rockets were launched from Syria toward the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.

Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported that the strikes killed three soldiers and wounded seven others in the southern region of Quneitra near the Golan. (Israel-Strikes-Syria)

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JERUSALEM -- Clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli forces broke out on Sunday morning at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem after dozens of Israelis arrived at the holy site.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement that police forces broke into the compound after "stones and chairs were thrown" by Muslim worshippers at the site. (Israel-Palestine-Clash)

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GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- A suicide car bombing killed eight Afghan police officers and wounded seven others after targeting a police station in the country's eastern Ghazni province, an official confirmed Sunday.

The blast happened at about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, when a hijacked military vehicle packed with explosives struck to provincial Reserve Police Force station in Esfandi area, some 6 km to the provincial capital Ghazni city, killing eight police personnel and wounding seven others, Adam Khan Sirat, provincial police spokesman, told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bomb Attack-Police) Enditem

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