Japan Earthquake Death Toll Approaches 50 as Rescuers Struggle to Locate Survivors |
WAJIMA, Japan: Rescue crews struggled on Tuesday to reach remote places where buildings had been fallen, roads had been destroyed, and tens of thousands of houses had lost electricity following a strong earthquake that struck Japan on New Year's Day, leaving at least 48 dead.Read More |
Houthis Fire Missiles Towards Another Commercial Ship in the Red Sea |
Tuesday's attack on a commercial ship was carried out by the Islamist Houthi rebel forces in Yemen, carrying on a pattern of attacks on foreign cargoes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.Read More |
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian airstrike damaged a Russian naval ship in Crimea. |
KYIV, Ukraine—Russia's Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday that an attack by Ukrainian forces in Crimea had destroyed a Russian navy ship.Read More |
After three troops were injured in multiple attacks, the US retaliated in Iraq. |
In reaction to several attacks against coalition forces in Iraq and Syria that resulted in the injuries of three U.S. soldiers, U.S. military forces carried out strikes on three locations utilized by Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq on Monday.Read More |
According to an official, US and Somali forces killed the Al-Shabaab commander who was behind several attacks. |
According to Somali Minister for Information Daud Aweis, on Friday, Maalim Ayman, a top leader of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group operating in Somalia and Kenya, was killed on December 17 by a joint military operation involving the Somali and US forces.Read More |
A massive drone attack has struck many Kyiv districts. |
According to authorities, more than two dozen Russian drones hit Ukraine's capital early Friday, wounding two persons and damaged residential structures in Moscow's latest nocturnal drone assault against Ukraine.Read More |
Colombia will attempt to raise objects from a 1708 shipwreck thought to contain cargo worth billions of dollars. |
BOGOTA, Colombia—The Colombian government announced Thursday that it will attempt to recover relics from the 1708 disaster of the galleon San Jose, which is thought to hold a cargo worth billions of dollars.Read More |
At least 15 people were killed in the Prague University shooting, and the shooter has been 'eliminated,' according to police. |
PRAGUE—A shooter murdered at least 15 people and injured at least 24 others before being "eliminated" at a Prague university on Thursday, according to police and emergency services.Read More |
A plane passenger has been charged with stealing $23,000 in cash from fellow passengers. |
A guy has been charged with theft after allegedly taking almost $23,000 in cash from three other passengers on a low-cost flight from Vietnam to Singapore.Read More |
According to the EU's Naval Force, a cargo ship that was hijacked last week has moved toward the Somali coast. |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—A Maltese-flagged commercial ship that was seized in the Arabian Sea last week with 18 crew on board is currently near the coast of Somalia, according to the European Union's maritime security agency. One crew member was evacuated for medical treatment.Read More |