Tokyo: At least 126 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government, a BBC News report said on Tuesday. It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades. Rescuers are now digging through […]
Japan: Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 112 people, with dozens missing. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled an overseas trip to deal with Japan’s worst flood disaster since 1983, with several million people forced from their […]
Bangkok, July 8 (UNI) Rescuers have begun a mission to evacuate 12 boys and their football coach from the cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to a BBC News report on Sunday. Teams entered the cave at 10:00 local time (03:00 GMT), operation chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters. All non-essential staff […]
Tokyo: Nearly 80 people are believed to be dead in Japan after three days of torrential rain made rivers burst their banks, an Al Jazeera report said on Sunday. The government put the number of victims at 48 with 28 others presumed dead as it issued new disaster warnings on Kyushu and Shikoku islands on […]
KABUL: Thirty-four militants were killed and 18 others injured in Afghanistan’s Balkh province during security operations, a police official said on Sunday. “The militants were killed during the cleanup operations in Chamtal district on Saturday,” the official news agency. Two security personnel were also injured.
ANKARA: Turkey on Sunday sacks 18,000 civil servants, half of which were from the police force, ahead of this month’s expected lifting of a two-year-old state of emergency, media reports said. The emergency was earlier imposed after an attempted coup in July 2016. The decree follows President Tayyip Erdogan’s victory in last month’s presidential election […]
Aiming to bring world attention to the protection of children in armed conflict, the UN Security Council is going to hold a high-level open debate on children and armed conflict with the theme “Protecting Children Today Prevents Conflict Tomorrow” on Monday, media reports said. Media reports said that the meeting will be chaired by Swedish […]
UNDATED: At least four people were wounded when a medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday night, with one in critical condition, medical reports said. The pilot made a “mayday” radio call from a Eurocopter 135 air ambulance at about 9:15 p.m. Central Time (0215 GMT Sunday), according to a Federal […]
Japan: At least 27 people were killed and over 47 people were missing as torrential rain pounds western and central Japan on Saturday, media reports said. Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan’s main island of Honshu, urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid […]
Dhaka: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday approved a grant of $100 million to Bangladesh, the first half of an assistance package to develop basic infrastructure and services for refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, the bank said, Reuters reported. Bangladesh faces a challenge in managing refugee camps in its southern district of Cox’s Bazar, flooded […]
