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"The percentage of our business that's diesel is very small," says Jed Kass, a Volkswagen dealer in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

American and British leaders at the U.N. in New York this week are pushing countries such as Iran and Russia to get involved in an effort to conclude the conflict.

The police officer charged with manslaughter over the death of Freddie Gray told another officer the man in their custody appeared to need medical assistance, but none was provided at the time, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani used a major United Nations speech on Saturday to demand an investigation into a crush that killed more than 700 people at the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

The German automaker is already facing fines of as much as $18 billion, after admitting it used software that reported misleading data during emissions testing.

In spite of efforts to stop foreign nationals from joining ISIS, people are still joining the terrorist militia.

While another shutdown like the one in 2013 is unlikely, the government is not taking any chances.

The North is planning another satellite launch next month, re-igniting fears that it is really testing a system to deliver nuclear weapons.

Nearing the end of his three-city tour of the United States, Pope Francis urged Americans to live up to their legacy.

Western officials said Kerry wants to launch a new initiative to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict.

The Cuban president says in a speech at the United Nations the recent warming of diplomatic ties between Washington and Havana is welcome, but not enough.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's plan to step down puts pressure on American companies that rely on the Export-Import Bank.

An industry standard soon to become effective will shift credit- and debit-card fraud liability to merchants that don’t upgrade their systems from the old to the new.

An outbreak of violence killing at least 21 people in the country's capital of Bangui was reportedly spurred by the assassination of a young Muslim man.

The holiday is held in memory of the Book of Exodus tale describing how the Israelites traveled for 40 years through the Sinai desert in Egypt before entering the Holy Land.

The pope's American sojourn casts a spotlight on the fact that funding issues are close to the surface even at the most successful Catholic schools in the U.S.

Ukraine and Western countries have claimed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was hit by a Russian-made missile fired by pro-Moscow separatists in July of last year.

Pope Francis travels on Saturday to Philadelphia, the birthplace of American independence, to promote the issue of religious freedom on the penultimate day of his first visit to the United States.

Switzerland also halted the sale of other models from carmakers, including Audi, Seat, and Skoda, that have been linked to the massive emissions-faking scandal.

The Financial Stability Board promises to draft rules that would prevent taxpayers having to bail out financial institutions by the time of the G-20 summit in November.

Indonesia and Thailand have cracked down on fish that are caught by illegally enslaved migrant laborers in their countries after an investigation linked them to U.S. suppliers.