Long-time Saudi foreign minister dies
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister with 40 years in the post until his retirement this year, has died, the ministry spokesman said Friday. He was 75.
The tall, stately Prince Saud was a fixture of Mideast diplomacy, representing the oil-rich Gulf powerhouse as it wielded its influence in crisis after crisis shook the region from Lebanon’s civil war in the 1970s and 1980s; through multiple rounds of Arab-Israeli peace efforts; the 1990 Iraqi invasion of neighboring Kuwait and the subsequent Gulf War; al-Qaida’s Sept. 11 attacks in the United States; the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to the tensions between the Gulf and Iran; Arab Spring uprisings; and the spread of Islamic State extremists.
Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Osama Nugali announced Saud’s death on his official Twitter feed.
Britain warns tourists to leave Tunisia
LONDON – The British government Thursday told all U.K. tourists to leave Tunisia because a terrorist attack is “highly likely” and the North African country’s government has not done enough to enhance security.
The Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to Tunisia, a popular holiday destination for Britons. It said British tourists on package holidays should contact their travel agents, which will arrange flights to bring them home.
Thirty-eight tourists, 30 of them British, were killed June 26 when a gunman stormed the Tunisian beach resort of Sousse.
Associated Press
