WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Volkswagen AG and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the German automaker’s diesel emissions scandal, accusing the company of perpetrating a “massive fraud” on U.S. investors. The SEC said in its civil complaint filed in San Francisco late on Thursday that from April 2014 to May 2015, Volkswagen issued […]

Thousands encouraged to evacuate as heavy rain pounds burn-scar area in Santa Barbara. Tens of thousands of people have been urged to evacuate their homes in the US state of California as a powerful storm batters the state and authorities warned of the potential of mudslides.  Those living near areas which were hit by recent wildfires are most at risk, […]

Proposals within the school safety bill, that has been sent to Governor Rick Scott for his signature, include raising the minimum age for buying rifles from 18 to 21. Politicians in the Florida House have passed a school safety bill that includes new restrictions on rifle sales and a programme to arm some teachers. The measure, a response to the […]

China wants to deepen friendship with Taiwan, the governing Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader said on Saturday, a day after state media warned China could go to war over Taiwan if a US bill promoting closer ties with the island becomes law. China has been infuriated over the bill, telling Taiwan on Friday it would only get burned if it sought […]

Turkish leader says intelligence chief will meet an Iraqi official over presence of Kurdish fighters in Sinjar region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country’s intelligence chief is set to meet an Iraqi official to discuss an Iraqi military operation in the northern Sinjar region, where Ankara says Kurdish fighters have established a base. Erdogan said on Monday […]

The strike is entering its second week with doctors asking for better working conditions. Doctors in Zimbabwe are striking for a second week over pay, working conditions and drug shortages. It’s the first major labour dispute since President Mnangagwa took over. Many state run hospitals across the country are struggling financially. Junior doctors say it is frustrating working in them, […]

A WHITE supremacist shooter scrawled names and bizarre symbols over his chilling arsenal of weapons before unleashing a horrific massacre today. At least 49 people were killed and another 20 injured when two gunmen opened fire on two Muslim mosques in Christchurch in New Zealand – with one live-streaming the massacre on Facebook. One of the gunmen, calling himself Brenton […]

Russia and the UK have exchanged diplomatic expulsions in response to the Sergei Skripal poisoning, as Theresa May attempts to persuade the EU of Russian responsibility for the incident. Twenty-three British diplomats have left Moscow after being expelled by the Kremlin. It’s part of the deepening diplomatic crisis between the UK and Russia, over the poisoning of former spy Sergei […]

Exclusive two-part Al Jazeera series details direct involvement of Bahrain’s leader in a 1996 failed coup against Qatar. Bahrain’s King, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, supported and financed subversive operations inside Qatar during a failed coup attempt in Doha in 1996, a new investigation found. The second part of the Qatar ’96 documentary, which was first broadcast on Al Jazeera […]

Assad forces keep up pressure on rebel enclave amid reports of deaths of 16 children sheltering in a school. At least 56 people have been killed in air attacks by the Syrian and Russian war planes on Eastern Ghouta, according to the White Helmets, a voluntary organisation that operates in parts of rebel-controlled Syria. On Monday night, at least 16 […]