DAMASCUS -- An explosive device went off in Syria's capital city of Damascus on Thursday morning, wounding a woman and her child, Syria state news agency SANA reported.

The explosive device ripped through a car on the Mazzeh highway west of Damascus, said the report. (Syria-Explosion)

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OSAKA, Japan -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday afternoon for a summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

At the 14th G20 summit, slated for Friday and Saturday in the Japanese city of Osaka, Xi will expound China's views and stands on world economy and global economic governance. (Japan-China-G20)

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TALUQAN, Afghanistan -- A Taliban key commander in-charge of recruitment Mawlawi Islamudin alias Qari Bilal has given up fighting and handed over his weapon to the police in northern Afghanistan's Takhar province, provincial police spokesman Abdul Khalil Asir said Thursday.

"Taliban eminent commander Mawlawi Islamudin alias Qari Bilal who also served as in-charge of Taliban outfit for recruiting fighters from young people in the northern Takhar and neighboring Kunduz province has given up fighting and handed over his weapon to police here in provincial capital Taluqan city," Asir told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Surrender)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday a new problem has been discovered on Boeing 737 MAX jets that could delay its return to service following months of grounding globally.

The federal aviation regulator said in a statement that Boeing "must mitigate" a potential risk found recently, adding the FAA "is following a thorough process, not a prescribed timeline, for returning the Boeing 737 Max to passenger service." (US-FAA-Boeing737) Enditem

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