UK: London police chief resigns as scandals rock force

LONDON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — London’s police chief announced her resignation after a string of scandals rocked the British capital’s force, including racism, sexism and a serving officer murdering a young woman.   Cressida Dick, who became the first woman to head London’s Metropolitan Police in 2017, said she had…

Another journalist killed in Mexico, the fifth this year

  MEXICO CITY, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A journalist was shot dead Thursday, a prosecutor said, the fifth such murder in Mexico this year.    Heber Lopez Vazquez, who worked for a news website called Noticias Web in the southern Oaxaca state, was shot while he was in his car, state…

US approves $14 bn sale of F-15 fighter jets to Indonesia

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US State Department approved the potential $14 billion sale to Indonesia of 36 F-15 fighter jets and other assorted military equipment.    The proposed sale will improve “the security of an important regional partner that is a force for political stability, and economic progress…

US Pres Biden urges Americans to leave Ukraine as fears of Russian invasion mount

WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden urged Americans to immediately leave Ukraine, as Russia’s live-fire drills and build-up of troops around the ex-Soviet state deepened fears of an invasion.   Washington-Moscow tensions are at their highest since the Cold War, with some US estimates saying some 130,000 Russian…

At least 20 killed, 33 injured in bus accident in northern Peru

At least 20 people are dead after a passenger bus crashed en route to Lima, Peru LIMA, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 20 people were killed and 33 injured, after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine about 100 meters deep in the northern Peruvian province of Pataz of…

Canada: Ottawa police arrest 25, issue 1,775 tickets against trucker rally protesters

OTTAWA, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Ottawa Police Service said that police have arrested 25 people and issued 1,775 tickets to put an end to the unlawful demonstrations in the downtown areas. Police have responded to nearly 1,000 calls for service in relation to the demonstrations since they began and…

Nigeria: Gov’t forces thwart smuggling of ivory tusks, pangolin scales

A woman uses a knife to remove scales from the skin of a live pangolin at the Epe fish market in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian government forces have detained four suspects caught trying to smuggle ivory tusks and pangolin scales worth nearly 7.4 million U.S. dollars,…

Over 30,000 terrorists surrender to troops in NE Nigeria: official

Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum ABUJA, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Over 30,000 terrorists comprising members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) groups have so far surrendered to troops in Nigeria’s northeast region, a senior official said here. Relative peace has begun to return as…

Tunisian president says top judiciary council to be replaced by provisional body

TUNIS, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied said the dissolved Superior Council of the Judiciary will be replaced by a provisional body pending the establishment of a new council. “It is a choice already made and Tunisia must turn this page and move on to cleaning up, starting…

Libya’s eastern-based army welcomes parliament’s vote for new PM

Bashagha became the sole candidate for the post after the only other contender Khalid al-Baibas pulled out TRIPOLI, Feb 11 (NNN-Xinhua) — The eastern-based army of Libya welcomed the unanimous vote of the House of Representatives (parliament) for Fathi Bashagha as the country’s new prime minister. “The General Command of…