Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, China said on Wednesday, after both countries' leaders laid out possible areas of friction in a telephone call.
Rockets killed more than 10 civilians and soldiers deep in Ukrainian government-held territory on Tuesday and rebels pushed on with an assault on an army-held rail junction, setbacks that showed Kiev's position worsening on the eve of peace talks.
A Belgian court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday in a trial of 46 people charged with belonging to a terrorist organization that recruited young men to fight with Islamist militants in Syria.