Trump urges India’s Modi to improve ties with Pakistan amid Kashmir dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump urged India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to improve ties with Pakistan and “fulfill his promise to better the lives of the Kashmiri people,” the White House said in a statement after the pair met on the sideline…
Republicans see impeachment backfiring. Democrats fear they may be right
By Gabriella Borter, Brendan O’Brien, Andrew Hay and Zachary Fagenson
Exasperated Trump’s strategy: Flail at Democrats, attack whistleblower, tweet like crazy
U.S. President Donald Trump grew increasingly exasperated on Thursday as he sat in his cabin aboard Air Force One and watched television coverage of Democrats on a congressional committee accuse him of criminal behavior.
Whistleblower report complains of White House cover-up on Trump-Ukraine scandal
A whistleblower report released on Thursday said President Donald Trump not only abused his office in attempting to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 U.S. election for his political benefit, but that the White House tried to “lock down” eviden…
Numbed by war, generations of Afghans seek solace in voting
Nearly two decades ago, an Afghan man risked his life to protect the country’s prized artefacts by hiding them in the basement of the central bank office in Kabul as Taliban Islamists destroyed the capital’s museum.
Taliban worries loom as Afghanistan prepares to vote for a president
Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the threat of militant attacks to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, hoping to prevent a repeat of a bitter, fraud-marred and ultimately unresolved poll in 2014.
Saudi Arabia opens to foreign holidaymakers, chases tourism investment
Saudi Arabia threw open its doors to foreign tourists on Friday, launching a new visa regime for 49 countries and appealing to foreign companies to invest in a sector it hopes will contribute 10% of gross domestic product by 2030.
Indonesia president urges police restraint after student protesters’ deaths
Indonesian president Joko Widodo on Friday called for police restraint and promised an investigation into the deaths of two students, killed while taking part in protests that have spread to become the country’s biggest in decades.
House Speaker Pelosi accuses U.S. Attorney General of going ‘rogue’
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused U.S. Attorney General William Barr of going “rogue” in the Justice Department’s handling of a whistleblower report that President Donald Trump solicited a political favor from Ukraine’s pr…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried in home district, government says
Zimbabwe’s longtime ruler Robert Mugabe will be buried in his home district of Zvimba, not at a national shrine in Harare as previously planned, the government said on Thursday, after three weeks of public disputes over his final resting place.
