11 dead in Vietnam bus crash
Hanoi: A truck driving in the wrong direction on a one-way road smashed into a bus in Vietnam’s central highlands on Sunday killing at least 11 people, state media said.
Two buses collide on Nigerian highway, 26 dead
Warri (Nigeria): Authorities say at least 26 people have died after two buses collided and caught fire on a busy highway in western Nigeria. Oyo state police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu said on Sunday that 11 others were injured in the crash.
UK to deploy attack dogs to guard Parliament
london: Britain will deploy attack dogs which may respond only to particular acts or commands at the gates of its Parliament as part of the latest anti-terror security drive in the country.
Jordan, US launch major military exercises
Amman: Jordan and the United States kicked off annual military exercises on Sunday known as “Eager lion”, with about 7,400 troops from more than 20 nations taking part, officials said.
French hostage freed in Sudan: Paris
Paris: A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks in captivity, the French president’s office said on Sunday.
Britain’s SAS to double anti-terror forces
london: Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) unit of the Army is doubling its anti-terror forces to tackle the growing terror threat to the country. The unit will increase in size to 80 troops, ‘The Sunday Times’ quoted a source close to the elite regiment as saying.