
ECONOMY
US sues Volkswagen for $90 billion
The US seeks billions of dollars in penalties over German automaker Volkswagen’s alleged cheating on emissions tests.

The US seeks billions of dollars in penalties over German automaker Volkswagen’s alleged cheating on emissions tests.

A senior Iranian official has spoken of Denmark’s readiness to develop renewable energy industry in Iran.

The US State Department has urged leaders of Iran and Saudi Arabia to reduce tensions in the Middle East region.

US authorities took 121 illegal immigrants into custody over the weekend to be deported to their home countries.

Switzerland summons Saudi Arabia’s charge d’affaires to express its dismay over Riyadh’s execution of 47 people.

Two civilians and three security forces are killed in clashes in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

The US had raised concerns with Saudi Arabia ahead of the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, says the White House.

Real Madrid sacks coach Rafael Benitez and replaces the Spaniard with club legend Zinedine Zidane.

People in the Indian city of Lucknow stage a protest rally over the execution of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia.

US President Barack Obama says he will introduce a raft of executive actions to tackle US gun violence.

A leaked memo shows that Saudi authorities were fully aware that the recent mass execution of 47 people would cause global uproar.

The US says Syria talks planned for this month will go forward despite tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Saudi Arabia's growing international isolation and Iran's rising regional influence has led Riyadh to cut diplomatic ties with Tehran, Ian Bremmer says.

China voices concern over developments in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Iran.

Israeli forces wound a Palestinian whom they have accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Pakistani forces detain over 40 militant suspects with alleged links to the Daesh terrorist group.

A co-mayor of the city of Van in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority region has been sentenced to 15 years.

The Iranian Majlis speaker says Saudi Arabia’s move to rupture ties with Iran was a wrong policy.