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Volkswagen to pay up to $87 million in Australia for scandal
Published On: September 16, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CANBERRA, Sept 16: Volkswagen has agreed to pay up to 127 million Australian dollars ($87 million) to settle an Australian class action stemming from the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, the German automaker and a lawyer said Monday.
Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension
Published On: September 15, 2019 08:03 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept 15: A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel regional tensions, as Iran denied U.S. allegations it launched the assault and tensions remained high over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal with world powers.
Violence flares after protest march in downtown Hong Kong
Published On: September 15, 2019 06:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, Sept 15: Police fired chemical-laced blue water and tear gas at protesters who lobbed Molotov cocktails outside the Hong Kong government office complex Sunday, as violence flared anew after thousands of pro-democracy supporters marched through downtown in defiance of a police ban.
Iran dismisses US allegation it was behind Saudi oil attacks
Published On: September 15, 2019 06:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DUBAI, Sept 15: Iran denied on Sunday it was involved in Yemen rebel drone attacks the previous day that hit the world’s biggest oil processing facility and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, just hours after America’s top diplomat alleged that Tehran was behind the “unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.”
Pakistan summons Afghan, Indian diplomats after soldiers, civilian killed
Published On: September 15, 2019 02:37 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Pakistan has summoned diplomats from Afghanistan and India after several shooting incidents along two different borders killed four Pakistani soldiers and a civilian woman.
Osama bin Laden's son Hamza killed in U.S. raid, Trump says
Published On: September 15, 2019 02:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
Sept 15: Hamza bin Laden, a son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and himself a notable figure in the militant group, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation, President Donald Trump said on Saturday.
Voting starts in Tunisian presidential election
Published On: September 15, 2019 01:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
TUNIS, Sept 15: Tunisians began casting votes in an unpredictable presidential election on Sunday where there is no overwhelming front-runner, with the young democracy’s economic ills dominating the agenda.
Hong Kong protesters sing 'God Save the Queen' in plea to former colonial power
Published On: September 15, 2019 11:13 AM NPT By: Reuters
HONG KONG, Sept 15: Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters singing “God Save the Queen” and waving Union Jack flags rallied outside the British Consulate on Sunday demanding that the former colonial power ensures China honours its commitments to the city’s freedoms.
Houthi drones hit Saudi oil heartland, sources say crude flows disrupted
Published On: September 15, 2019 07:11 AM NPT By: Reuters
RIYADH/DUBAI/LONDON, Sept 14: Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, including the world’s biggest petroleum processing facility, in a strike that three sources said had disrupted output and exports.
Arab coalition says it will counter threats to Saudi assets, oil supplies
Published On: September 15, 2019 07:10 AM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Sept 14: A Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen’s Houthi group said it was investigating drone attacks against Saudi oil plants on Saturday that were claimed by the Houthis, and would confront “terrorist” threats to global energy security.
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