600 Uptown Danau Kota traders hold protest over forced closure

The new business plot that the traders have declined to move to, which is now occupied mainly by outsiders. GOMBAK: More than 600 traders from Uptown Danau Kota held a peaceful protest today to voice their dissatisfaction over their forced closure. Traders claim they were given a notice yesterday by the Kuala Lumpur City Council […]

Pirates kidnap 19 crew members from Greek crude oil tanker off Nigeria

Crude oil supertanker was chartered by French oil company Total to deliver Bonny Light oil to India. (File pic) ATHENS: Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an official with the ship’s operator said on Thursday. The loaded […]