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9 Indians in Saudi Arabia killed in a traffic crash

Jan. 29, 2025 09:18 AM EST

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Nine Indians have been killed in a traffic crash in Saudi Arabia, authorities said Wednesday. There were no immediate details released from Saudi Arabian officials about the crash, with the Indian Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, announcing the...

Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump

Jan. 24, 2025 20:38 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip. ...

Trump leans in on targeting Russian oil revenue as he tries to fulfill pledge to end Ukraine war

Jan. 24, 2025 18:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is emphasizing that targeting Russia's oil revenue is the best way to get Moscow to end its nearly three-year war against Ukraine. Trump, who pledged in the campaign that he'd broker a quick end to the grinding conflict, in his first days...

Trump tells Davos elite to invest in US or face tariffs

Jan. 23, 2025 15:05 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used an address Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the U.S. and threatened to impose tariffs if they don’t. Speaking by video from the White House to the annual summit...

Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties

Jan. 23, 2025 11:16 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia's top diplomat visited Lebanon on Thursday for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the small Mediterranean country. Prince Faisal bin Farhan's visit comes almost two months after a ceasefire...

Brazilian court denies Bolsonaro's request to travel to Trump's inauguration

Jan. 16, 2025 15:31 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so that he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who...

UN labor agency head praises relations with Saudi Arabia during investigation of 2034 World Cup host

Jan. 16, 2025 11:49 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations labor agency says it has good relations with Saudi Arabia during an ongoing investigation of alleged rights abuses by the 2034 World Cup host, and aims to send more expert staff to Riyadh. International Labour Organization director...

EU ministers will consider easing sanctions on Syria at a meeting later in January

Jan. 12, 2025 19:27 PM EST

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — European Union foreign ministers will meet in late January to discuss easing sanctions imposed on Syria, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Sunday. However, she said the move would depend on Syria's new rulers carrying out an inclusive political transition after last...

A contentious push to wrap up the 9/11 prosecutions takes an emotional toll on victims' families

Jan. 09, 2025 20:28 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — After his only child was killed on 9/11, Ken Fairben looked for justice in a far-off military courtroom on the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba. He traveled there multiple times to observe hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and...

Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations

Jan. 07, 2025 05:46 AM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group's presiding country, Brazil, announced Monday. Indonesia’s candidacy was endorsed by BRICS leaders in August 2023, according to the foreign ministry of Brazil, which...