Man who plotted truck attack on London’s Oxford Street jailed for life

A surveillance image of Ludlow taking pictures on Oxford Street. Photo courtesy COUNTER TERRORISM POLICING SOUTH EAST LONDON, March 7, 2019 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Muslim convert who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) was jailed for life on Wednesday (Mar 6) for plotting to drive a truck into pedestrians…

UK government loses House of Lords vote calling for EU customs union

LONDON, March 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain’s House of Lords passed an amendment on Wednesday calling for the government to negotiate a customs union with the European Union, giving Prime Minister Theresa May a potential new headache in her Brexit plans. The upper parliamentary chamber backed a cross-party amendment to a…

Yemen grateful for Malaysia’s US$100,000 pledge at UN

By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz BANGI, March 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Yemen thanked the Malaysian government for making a US$100,000 pledge at a United Nations (UN) high-level event in Geneva, Switzerland last week to help the war-torn country address its humanitarian needs. Yemen’s Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Adel Mohamed Ali gives a briefing on…

UN Gaza report draws international outrage

LONDON, March 6 (NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU) – Anger has been mounting worldwide over a recent UN inquiry which found that Israeli security forces committed serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law during the Great March of Return rallies in 2018, with many calling for those responsible to be held accountable.…

March 6, 2019

Singapore, March 6, 2019 – Volvo and a Singapore university unveiled a driverless electric bus Tuesday that will soon undergo tests in the city-state, the latest move towards rolling out autonomous vehicles for public transport. High-tech Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving technology and the world’s first driverless taxis…

India-Pakistan tensions: 44 Malaysians still stranded in Pakistan

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 44 Malaysians still stranded in Pakistan since Feb 27, following the closure of the Islamic Republic’s air space, is expected to leave the country by the end of the week. The Malaysian High Commission in Islamabad, in a statement shared on…

JeM chief Masood Azhar’s brother among 44 arrested in Pakistan

Islamabad, March 6, 2019 (NNN-PTI) – Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar’s brother was among 44 members of the banned militant outfits arrested by authorities in Pakistan, amid mounting pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil. Mufti Abdur Rauf, brother of Azhar,…

Major London underground station briefly shut after false alarm

An Underground tube sign is seen alongside a clock on London King’s Cross railway station, London, Britain. Ichigo121212 on Pixabay LONDON, March 6, 2019 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A major London underground station shut down briefly on Tuesday (Mar 5) because of a fire alert that proved to be a false alarm,…

Hundreds of militants surrender in eastern Syria enclave

A man suspected of belonging to the Daesh group walks past members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) just after leaving IS’ last holdout of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on March 5, 2019. Photo courtesy Dailystar DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria, March 6, 2019 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Venezuela’s Maduro says he will defeat opposition

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro visit the construction site of a hotel complex in Caraballeda, Venezuela March 2, 2019. Photo courtesy AVN CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he would defeat a “crazed minority” determined to destabilize the country in his first public comments since opposition leader…