Convoy departs British Embassy in Moscow ahead of diplomat expulsion deadline

A convoy has left Moscow’s UK embassy ahead of the Kremlin’s deadline for 23 diplomats to leave the country. The expulsions are in retaliation to sanctions imposed by the UK after the Skripal poisoning. Colleagues were spotted embracing each other as vehicles to transport them were readied nearby, presumably to take them to the airport […]

Daimler to test truck convoy 'platooning' technology on U.S. roads

German automaker Daimler AG’s trucks division said it would test a new technology called “platooning” on U.S. roads, allowing large digitally-connected trucks to save fuel by driving closely together, with one vehicle following the other. Daimler’s announcement, and promises on Monday by rivals Navistar International Corp and Volkswagen AG to field a medium duty electric […]

Foreign troops, civilians injured in suicide bomber attack on NATO convoy in Afghanistan

Published time: 11 Sep, 2017 15:13 An attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle towards a NATO convoy in Afghanistan on Monday. Several foreign troops and civilians were wounded in the incident in the Parwan Province, according to a NATO statement. The injured soldiers were taken to the nearby Bagram Air Field, the Resolute Support Mission statement […]

US threatens ISIS convoy that agreed to leave Lebanon under Hezbollah deal

Published time: 30 Aug, 2017 16:51 The US-led coalition said it may bomb a convoy of Islamic State militants who agreed to leave the Syria-Lebanon border and move towards Iraq under a deal brokered by Hezbollah, adding that it will not allow the terrorists to escape. Coalition aircraft have already struck a bridge and punched […]

WATCH: Japanese Prime Minister’s convoy stop traffic by doing THIS on the motorway

Anyone important in the world will always have a convoy of cars when travelling for protection. The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe is no different. However, as he attempted to merge onto a motorway, the men in his convoy of cars took it into their own hands to ensure his protection. It is definitely a […]

Convoy 'carrying Trident nuclear warhead breaks down’ on public highway

Published time: 16 May, 2017 16:22 A military convoy thought to have been carrying a nuclear warhead was left stranded on the side of the public M40 motorway on Monday when one of the vehicles escorting the weapon broke down. According to anti-nuclear campaign group Nukewatch, the convoy was left stranded at a slip road […]

25 dead in Pakistan roadside bombing as convoy of Islamist politician targeted – reports

Published time: 12 May, 2017 11:43 Edited time: 12 May, 2017 11:49 A suspected suicide blast in Mastung, in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, has left 25 people dead and 35 injured, including Deputy Senate Leader Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. Speaking to local media, Haideri, who has been moved to a military hospital in Quetta, said […]

Over 60 children killed in Aleppo bus convoy bombing, UNICEF says

Published time: 17 Apr, 2017 15:48 The UN Children’s Fund has condemned the killing of more than 60 children in a recent Aleppo bomb attack targeting evacuees. “After six years of war and human carnage in Syria… six years of heartbreak for so many Syrian families… there comes a new horror that must break the […]

UN convoy hit by blast in Mogadishu, Al-Shabaab claims responsibility

Published time: 16 Apr, 2017 16:02Edited time: 16 Apr, 2017 16:04 Two private security guards were wounded by a reported roadside bomb that hit a UN convoy in Mogadishu on Sunday. The explosion struck 100 meters behind vehicles belonging to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), as workers returned from a drought-affected area on the […]