Record rainfall in Japan kills 8, strands thousands at Narita airport
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted tr...
A Memorial Day gathering at Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park turned tragic as gunfire erupted, leaving two dead and nine injured, authorities said.
Two people were killed and nine others injured, including three teenagers, during a shooting on Monday night at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, according to police. The incident occurred during a Memorial Day gathering that drew a large crowd of adults to the park.
Authorities confirmed that both deceased victims were adults—one male and one female. All nine injured individuals are currently in stable condition. The exact circumstances leading to the shooting remain under investigation.
Police stated that no weapons had been recovered at the scene and no arrests had been made as of Tuesday. "We understand the significance of this event and we will make sure to provide an update on Tuesday," a police officer said during a media briefing.
Memorial Day, observed annually on the last Monday in May, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating military personnel who have died in the line of duty.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted transport and cut power to 20,000 homes.
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Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
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