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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Sept. 25

Xinhua, September 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping started talks with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Friday, following a grand welcome ceremony held on the South Lawn of the White House.

After their talks, the two leaders will jointly meet the press. Xi will also attend a luncheon hosted by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, meet U.S. parliament leaders and attend a state dinner. (Xi-Obama-Talks)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will resign from the Congress at the end of October, local media reported Friday.

Boehner is going to deliver a speech about his resignation later in the day. (U.S.-Speaker-Resign)

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SEATTLE -- The Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco confirmed late Thursday that one Chinese student was among the four international students killed in a bus accident in the western U.S. city of Seattle.

A tour bus collided Thursday into a charter bus carrying 45 students and staff from North Seattle College. Most students were from Southeast Asia. (U.S.-Chinese Student)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian police said Friday that three suspected terrorists were arrested, following travel warnings by western governments over possible terrorist attack in the country's capital.

Police said the latest operation on Thursday was based on the confessions by suspects arrested earlier that there was plot to launch attacks on "asset important to the nation and western interests, as well as in public places". (Malaysia-Terrorist)

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NEW DELHI -- India Friday ordered a probe into Volkswagen cars, days after the German automaker was caught manipulating emission results in some of its diesel cars in the United States.

Indian Heavy Industries Secretary Rajan Katoch said that automotive testing agency, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), have been asked to conduct the investigation. (India-Volkswagen) Endi