Beijing, Volkswagen China will recall 49,480 vehicles due to brake design defects starting February 6, China’s quality watchdog said on Sunday. The recall involves imported Beetles produced between July 1, 2012 and August 6, 2015 and imported Golf Variants produced between July 1, 2012 and July 6, 2013, Xinhua news agency cited a statement from China’s General Administration of Quality…

Saudi police kill 2 suspected extremists in capital, RiyadhDubai: Authorities in Saudi Arabia say police have shot and killed two suspected Islamic State extremists in the capital, Riyadh. The Interior Ministry says the two suspected militants opened fire Saturday on police after being surrounded in the capital's northern Yasmeen neighborhood, forcing officers to return fire and kill them. It…

WASHINGTON - After vowing a smooth transition, President Barack Obama and Donald Trump are presiding over one of the most tumultuous transfers of power in US history. Assassinations notwithstanding, American presidential transitions have generally been peaceful affairs. But that doesn't mean they have been smooth. Andrew Johnson was effectively barred from attending Ulysses Grant's swearing…

CHICAGO- Barack Obama travels to Chicago for his farewell speech Tuesday, returning to the town where his meteoric rise to become America's first black president all began. The third largest US city is also important to his post-presidency: it will be home to the Obama presidential library and foundation. Obama began his political career in the Windy City, working first as a community organizer…

An injured woman being taken to a hospital after a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on Friday. Photo: AP Florida: An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight,…

The United States said on Thursday North Korea had demonstrated a "qualitative" improvement in its nuclear and missile capabilities after an unprecedented level of tests last year, showing the needed to sustain pressure on Pyongyang to bring it back to disarmament negotiations. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a joint news conference after a meeting with his Japanese and…

Washington: The US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has said Russia staged cyber attacks to try to interfere in the November 8 presidential election. A report containing declassified information on the Russian hacking operation would be released next week, Clapper said during an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Efe news reported. “We stand more…

Human rights groups said Myanmar's government is trying to cover up abuses against civilians in a Muslim-majority part of Rakhine State after an investigation panel dismissed claims a government crackdown there amounts to “genocide”. A commission appointed by the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi issued interim findings refuting allegations of abuses by security forces…

Izmir: An explosion believed to have been caused by a car bomb in front of a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir on Thursday wounded some 10 people, a local official said. Two of the suspected attackers were killed in an ensuing shootout with police. District Mayor Hasan Karadag told NTV television that one of the wounded was in serious condition. A firefight between three of the suspected…

Indian american Raj shahFormer USAID chief Raj Shah. Source: InternetOpen Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday tapped Raj Shah, a young Indian-American who played a leading role in the Republican party’s anti-Clinton campaign during polls, as his deputy assistant and communication and research director. Shah, whose parents immigrated to the US from Gujarat, has been appointed…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The inauguration is going to be lit, or at least that’s what one organization believes. The DC Cannabis Coalition says it will hand out 4,200 joints of marijuana for free on Inauguration Day. The reason? The coalition told WUSA9 it’s an effort to promote the nationwide legalization of marijuana. In 2014, voters in the country's capital passed Initiative 71 legalizing…

New York: A commuter train derailed today at a station in Brooklyn and injured nearly 80 people, officials said, setting off a panic during the morning rush. The Long Island Rail Road train crashed around 8:30 AM (local time) at Atlantic Terminal in the heart of the New York borough. “76 non life-threatening injuries reported at scene of LIRR train derailment, Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn,”…

President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter again on Monday evening to promise North Korea would not develop a nuclear missile capable of reaching US territory. His comments come a day after the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un, appeared to try to put pressure on Trump by announcing his country is in the "final stages" of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). "North…