Sep 28 Saudi Arabia unveils new tourist visas By Associated Press Saudi Arabia has announced a new tourist visa scheme, as part of efforts to open up the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom to foreign visitors and diversify its oil-reliant economy. Continue reading
Sep 28 ‘This man lives forever’: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe is buried By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press Mugabe, who led the bitter guerrilla war to end white-minority rule in the country then known as Rhodesia, was Zimbabwe’s first leader and ruled from 1980, overseeing a years-long slide from prosperity to economic ruin and repression. Continue reading
Sep 28 US official: Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine has resigned By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a… Continue reading
Sep 28 Afghan presidential polls close amid allegations of fraud By Rahim Faiez, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan's presidential polls closed Saturday amid fears that accusations of fraud and misconduct could overwhelm any election results, while insurgent attacks aimed at disrupting voting in the country's north and south caused dozens of casualties. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: House challenges Trump on border national emergency In our Friday news wrap, House Democrats voted to end the national emergency declaration that allows money to be diverted from the military to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate already approved the measure, but… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 11:27 China’s massive Belt and Road initiative builds global infrastructure — and influence By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn China’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most expensive infrastructure project in history. Chinese companies are constructing roads, pipelines and railroads across the globe. But they are also building China’s influence, and critics in the U.S. and Asia worry Belt… Continue watching
Sep 27 Ukraine’s prosecutor says there is no probe into Biden By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Ukraine's top anti-corruption official his agency hasn't investigated former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden or his son as U.S. President Donald Trump suggested. Continue reading
Sep 27 Egypt police seal off Tahrir Square amid calls for protest By Associated Press The demonstrations erupted over corruption allegations leveled earlier this month against the military and el-Sissi by an Egyptian businessman living in self-imposed exile who said he had worked with the military for 15 years. Continue reading
Sep 27 Iran releases British oil tanker held since July By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press The tanker has been held outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas since its July 19 seizure. Continue reading
Sep 27 Netanyahu’s rival rejects conditions for forming a government in Israel By Associated Press Neither Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nor his rival party has enough support to assemble a 61-seat majority coalition. Continue reading