Kuwait's Cabinet says oil-rich nation's crown prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has been sworn in as ruling emir

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait's Cabinet says oil-rich nation's crown prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has been sworn in as ruling emir.

Uganda to help build roads inside Congo, citing trade goals

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's government said Tuesday it would help finance projects to surface over 200 kilometers (124 miles) of road inside neighboring Congo as part of plans to boost trade between the countri…

NTSB: Regulators failed at jobs in limo crash that killed 20

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Federal investigators examining the 2018 crash of a stretch limousine that killed 20 people said Tuesday that state regulators repeatedly failed to oversee a poorly maintained vehicle with corro…

Death of Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah draws outpouring of grief

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death of Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the leader of Kuwait who earned a reputation as a seasoned diplomat and a rare ruler who could cross the region’s political and sectar…

US 'outraged' by rocket attack that killed women, children

BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it was outraged by a rocket attack a day earlier that killed Iraqi civilians and called on the government to take action amid an impending diplomatic crisis bet…

AP launches Looking For America, a road trip across the U.S.

More than 200,000 coronavirus deaths. Economic meltdown. Ongoing protests over racial bias.

Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings

PARIS (AP) — The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, F…

Greek authorities easing congestion at island migrant camps

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities were moving nearly 1,000 refugees from eastern Aegean islands to the mainland Tuesday as part of efforts to improve conditions in overcrowded island refugee camps.

Nurse to Tuskegee Airmen dies in Georgia at 100

ATLANTA (AP) — Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden, a Black woman who served as a nurse to Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died. She was 100.

Agent: Video contradicts Georgia trooper charged with murder

SYLVANIA, Ga. (AP) — Dash camera video contradicts a former Georgia state trooper's statement that he fatally shot a motorist fearing the man was trying to run him over, an investigator testified in court.

Kuwait ruler, longtime diplomat Sheikh Sabah, dies at age 91

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solut…

The Latest: UAE defends decision to normalize Israel ties

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times local):

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Tensions mount as Armenia and Azerbaijan continue fighting

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian and Azerbaijani forces accused each other of attacks on their territory Tuesday, as fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a third straight day follow…

Election 2020-Debate, ADVISORY

The first presidential debate takes place on Tuesday at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Additional presidential debates are planned for Oct. 15 and Oct. 22. The vice presidential d…