Four helicopters and 14 boats are conducting a search and rescue operation. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least 13 people have been killed and two are missing after a chartered fishing boat collided with a tanker off the South Korean coast, Yonhap news agency reported, citing local officials. The vessel was carrying 20 passengers and two […]
Cyclone Ockhi has hit India, causing deaths, damage and evacuations across the country. The country’s Disaster Response and Navy forces are on standby. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least nine people were killed and about 90 people went missing in southern Indian regions as a cyclonic storm hit the area, the NDTV broadcaster reported Friday. According […]
A fire on the 38th floor of a residential building in China has claimed the lives of at least 10 people and injured five in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The cause of the incident is unknown, but the fire is believed to have begun from housing interior decoration materials. Some […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Islamic State released a 55 minute long video on Thursday, November 30 that showed militant forces carrying out several executions accompanied with some old battle footage, Al-Masdar News reports. The first 24 minutes of the video began with the Islamic State showcasing old battle footage from Palmyra when they captured the city […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the abdication date of the country’s Emperor Akihito after the decision by the Imperial House Council. TOKYO (Sputnik) — Japan’s octogenarian Emperor Akihito will cede the throne on April 30, 2019, with Crown Prince Naruhito succeeding him the following day, the prime minister said Friday. Japan’s state NHK […]
Women’s rights activists slammed an Indian court’s decision Wednesday to sentence three low-caste men to death for raping and killing an upper-caste teenage girl in Maharashtra state last year, saying the justice system was stacked against the marginalized Dalit community. Indian courts tend to punish Dalits who have committed crimes but are more lenient toward […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The death toll from Cyclone Cempaka hitting Indonesia’s Central Java reached 19 on Wednesday, with four dead from floods and another 15 dead after a landslide. The cyclone, with its heavy rain and strong winds, is hitting several cities across Java hard, according to Indonesian state meteorologists, Anadolu Agency reported. “The cyclone […]
Korea Post announced on Tuesday that it had successfully delivered mail and packages by drone over water to Deukryang Island, South Jeolla Province, for the first time in South Korea’s history. The agency plans to fully launch drone delivery by 2022. Drones are increasingly being used internationally to deliver items to remote areas with no […]
