Kuwait’s ruler in U.S. hospital for tests, postpones Trump meeting
Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruler has been admitted to a hospital in the United States for medical tests and postponed a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump planned for this week in Washington, state news agency KUNA said on Sunday.
U.S. will sanction whoever purchases Iran’s oil: official
The United States will continue to impose sanctions on whoever purchases Iran’s oil or conducts business with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and no oil waivers will be re-issued, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
More Americans will die after Trump abruptly ends Afghan talks, Taliban say
President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning reversal of efforts to forge a deal e…
Brazilian President Bolsonaro out of surgery to treat year-old stab wound
A surgical procedure to correct an incisional hernia in Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s abdomen ended at 12:40 p.m., according to a statement from the presidential palace on Sunday.
Zimbabwe plans Mugabe’s funeral and burial next weekend
The Zimbabwean government plans a state funeral for longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in a sports stadium in Harare next Saturday, with a burial ceremony a day later, it said in memo sent to embassies on Sunday.
Mugabe’s funeral and burial planned for next weekend: Zimbabwe government memo
Zimbabwe will hold a state funeral for former president Robert Mugabe on Saturday, Sept. 14, before a burial ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 15, according to a government memo sent to diplomatic missions and seen by Reuters.
Suspected woman suicide bomber killed in Philippines explosion: army
A woman suspected of being a suicide bomber was killed in an explosion near a military detachment in the southern Philippines on Sunday, but there were no other casualties, the army said.
Iran says British oil tanker could be released soon
The British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran could be released after the imminent completion of legal proceedings against the tanker, Iranian state television reported on Sunday.
Tehran says Iranian tanker unloaded cargo on Mediterranean coast
An Iranian tanker at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers has delivered its cargo after docking somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, Iran’s state news agency IRNA quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
Exclusive: IAEA found uranium traces at Iran ‘atomic warehouse’ – diplomats
Samples taken by the U.N. nuclear watchdog at what Israel’s prime minister called a “secret atomic warehouse” in Tehran showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to explain, two diplomats who follow the agency’s inspections work closely say.
