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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects

STORY: Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in simultaneous operations in four provinces of Türkiye (source: Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in operations in four provinces, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the police detained six suspects in Yalova province, five in Eskisehir province, two in Gaziantep province, and one in Samsun province. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. Türkiye has stepped up operations against IS terrorists after the group attacked an Istanbul church in late January, killing a civilian during Sunday

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India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD

STORY: India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD SHOOTING TIME: File footage DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 2. various of tanks and missiles on parade STORYLINE: India's defense exports reached an all-time high of 2.63 billion U.S. dollars during the financial year 2023-24 running from April 2023 to the end of March 2024, announced the federal government on Monday. The figure registered a 32.5 percent growth over the last financial year, it said. The data indicated that the defense exports have grown by 31 times in the last 10 years as compared to the financial year 2013-14, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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Lucie Lucas Drops A Bomb About Victoria Abril

File photo dated April 10, 2013 shows Lucie Lucas and Victoria Abril attending the Nicolas Feuillatte party in Paris, France. Since Thursday December 7, 2023 and the broadcast of Further investigation dedicated to Gerard Depardieu, France is divided. Some are shocked and repelled by the images broadcast in the documentary while another supports the actor and denounces a “cabal” against him. In fact, the personalities who support the 74-year-old actor decided to let him know by signing a column published on the website of the Figaro this Monday, December 25. Among the signatories is Victoria Abril. Abril actress in the series Clem broadcast on TF1 has just been destroyed by his ex-partner in the series: Lucy Lucas. The latter said she was shocked when she learned of the signing of the woman who plays her mother in the fiction of the first channel. “@victoria.abril.officiel that’s not true?? … I’m in shock… tell me you didn’t do that?!”dropped Lucy Lucas in comment on the publication posted by Charlotte Arnould

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Lucie Lucas Drops A Bomb About Victoria Abril

File photo dated April 10, 2013 shows Lucie Lucas and Victoria Abril attending the Nicolas Feuillatte party in Paris, France. Since Thursday December 7, 2023 and the broadcast of Further investigation dedicated to Gerard Depardieu, France is divided. Some are shocked and repelled by the images broadcast in the documentary while another supports the actor and denounces a “cabal” against him. In fact, the personalities who support the 74-year-old actor decided to let him know by signing a column published on the website of the Figaro this Monday, December 25. Among the signatories is Victoria Abril. Abril actress in the series Clem broadcast on TF1 has just been destroyed by his ex-partner in the series: Lucy Lucas. The latter said she was shocked when she learned of the signing of the woman who plays her mother in the fiction of the first channel. “@victoria.abril.officiel that’s not true?? … I’m in shock… tell me you didn’t do that?!”dropped Lucy Lucas in comment on the publication posted by Charlotte Arnould

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated April 18, 2013 shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo

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Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections

STORY: Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling centers in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country's 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when soldiers and policemen lined up to cast their ballots at polling centers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several other cities in the 15 provinces of the country, excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, more than 1 million voters from the security personnel are expected to cast ballots in 565 polling centers in the 15 provinces. The last provincial elections in Iraq were held in April 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 28, 2023 shows a China-Europe freight train pulling out from the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

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Medals Ceremony At The Culture Ministry - Paris

Lou Doillon with her mother Jane Birkin is presented with 'Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres' by Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France on April 10, 2013 in Paris, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Medals Ceremony At The Culture Ministry - Paris

Lou Doillon with her mother Jane Birkin is presented with 'Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres' by Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France on April 10, 2013 in Paris, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Medals Ceremony At The Culture Ministry - Paris

Valerie Trierweiler and Jane Birkin attending a ceremony held at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France on April 10, 2013. Charlotte Valandrey, Giorgio Bianchi and Lou Doillon is awarded with 'Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres' by Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Medals Ceremony At The Culture Ministry - Paris

Jane Birkin attending a ceremony held at the Ministry of Culture in Paris, France on April 10, 2013. Charlotte Valandrey, Giorgio Bianchi and Lou Doillon is awarded with 'Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres' by Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant panda Ya Ya arrives in Shanghai

STORY: Giant panda Ya Ya arrives in Shanghai DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:30 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ya Ya STORYLINE: Female giant panda Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai from the United States at 4:26 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Thursday, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. Many people gathered at the airport to welcome the giant panda home. -(Can you see Ya Ya from here?) -"I can't. But my heart is with her." Ya Ya was born at the Beijing Zoo on Aug. 3, 2000. She arrived at the Memphis Zoo in April 2003, along with giant panda Le Le as envoys of friendship, and was warmly welcomed. The initial agreement for Ya Ya's stay in the U.S. was for 10 years. It was extended for another decade in 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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U.S.-BOSTON-MARATHON BOMBINGS-ANNIVERSARY

(230416) -- BOSTON, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A remembrance event is held to mourn the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, the United States, April 15, 2023. April 15, 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings back in 2013. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounded more than 260 others. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-BOSTON-MARATHON BOMBINGS-ANNIVERSARY

(230416) -- BOSTON, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Family members of the Boston Marathon bombings victims attend a remembrance event in Boston, the United States, April 15, 2023. April 15, 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings back in 2013. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounded more than 260 others. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-BOSTON-MARATHON BOMBINGS-ANNIVERSARY

(230416) -- BOSTON, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People mourn the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, the United States, April 15, 2023. April 15, 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings back in 2013. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounded more than 260 others. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-BOSTON-MARATHON BOMBINGS-ANNIVERSARY

(230416) -- BOSTON, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Family members of the Boston Marathon bombings victims walk towards the memorial site during a remembrance event in Boston, the United States, April 15, 2023. April 15, 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings back in 2013. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounded more than 260 others. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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U.S.-BOSTON-MARATHON BOMBINGS-ANNIVERSARY

(230416) -- BOSTON, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman places flowers at the memorial site of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, the United States, April 15, 2023. April 15, 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings back in 2013. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounded more than 260 others. (Photo by Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua)

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Korean guide on racist slurs

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, shows Choi Sang Hee of South Korea, the first non-Japanese woman to qualify as a guide for an 88-temple pilgrimage course on western Japan's Shikoku Island. In a phone interview on the night of April 10, 2014, regarding the recent posting of racist signs possibly targeting her trail marker stickers on the pilgrimage routes, Choi said she is perplexed by the issue but still loves the Japanese people.

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Osaka high-tech exhibition attracts 900,000 visitors

OSAKA, Japan - A girl looks at robots and other high-tech exhibits at Active Lab., an intellectual entertainment space in Knowledge Capital of Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 12, 2014. Active Lab. attracted over 900,000 visitors in the 10 months since opening in April 2013, about double the initial annual goal.

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Japanese e-book sellers vexed by Amazon.com

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, chairman of major Japanese publishing house Kadokawa Corp., speaks at a public forum in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013, demanding equal taxation of e-books and other digital contents purchased from overseas vendors such as the U.S.-based Amazon.com Inc. Overseas companies are now exempt from the consumption tax, which will be raised to 8 percent in April from 5 percent now, and to 10 percent in October 2015.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Taiwanese fishing boat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane in May 2013 shows a Taiwanese fishing boat (front) operating in waters near Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. A Taiwan government patrol boat is visible in the distance. The governments of Japan and Taiwan signed a landmark fisheries pact April 10, 2013, following years of on-and-off negotiations on fishing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwanese fishing boat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane in May 2013 shows a Taiwanese fishing boat operating in waters near Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. The governments of Japan and Taiwan signed a landmark fisheries pact April 10, 2013, following years of on-and-off negotiations on fishing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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N.Z. president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows New Zealand Prime Minster John Key (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chatting during a ceremony to sign documents at the Great Hall of the People on April 10, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Zambian president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Zambian President Michael Sata (2nd from L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meeting at the Great Hall of the People on April 10, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Zambian president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Zambian President Michael Sata (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang heading to their talks at the Great Hall of the People on April 10, 2013. (Pool photo)

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N.Z. president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows New Zealand Prime Minster John Key (2nd from R) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (2nd from L) meeting at the Great Hall of the People on April 10, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Radiation-resistant vehicle

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The National Police Agency unveils to the press a vehicle that can prevent the intrusion of radiation into it, in Fukushima Prefecture on May 11, 2013. The 10-meter-long vehicle was deployed to the Fukushima prefectural police in April 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Rangers Darvish against White Sox

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish listens to a reporter's question at a press conference after a game against the Chicago White Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 30, 2013. Darvish picked up his fifth win of April as the Rangers won 10-6, allowing four runs and seven hits in six innings.

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Rangers Darvish against White Sox

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Chicago White Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 30, 2013. Darvish picked up his fifth win of April as the Rangers won 10-6, allowing four runs and seven hits in six innings.

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Rangers Darvish against White Sox

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Chicago White Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 30, 2013. Darvish picked up his fifth win of April as the Rangers won 10-6, allowing four runs and seven hits in six innings.

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Rangers Darvish against White Sox

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Chicago White Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 30, 2013. Darvish picked up his fifth win of April as the Rangers won 10-6, allowing four runs and seven hits in six innings.

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Young female breeder taking care of oldest shoebill in Japan

ITO, Japan - Breeding staff Mai Hirokawa stands next to a shoebill, known by the name Bill, during feeding time on April 10, 2013 at Izu Shaboten Park in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Paying for winning bid at standstill

TOKYO, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, chief priest of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, speaks in Tokyo on April 24, 2013. Ikeguchi suggested the Buddhist temple may not be able to acquire the land and building of the Tokyo headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, as it has no clear prospects for paying 4.5 billion yen for the properties by the May 10 deadline.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (R, bottom), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) sailing around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:08 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (back) sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom), and the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Awagumo (R) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:06 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) preventing the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (R, top) from sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (front), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (2nd from front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (3rd from front) sailing in parallel around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish (L) is congratulated by team manager Ron Washington after finishing pitching in a game against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish strikes out Seattle Mariners leadoff man Endy Chavez during the first inning of a game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013, to make it 1,500 strikeouts for his career in Japan and the major leagues. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Darvish, Rangers shut out Mariners

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 19, 2013. The right hander earned his third win of the season, allowing three hits and striking out 10 in seven innings, as the Rangers defeated the Mariners 7-0.

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Fukuoka official in Myanmar as water adviser

YANGON, Myanmar - Masaru Matsuoka, an official of Japan's Fukuoka city government, works at the Yangon city office in Yangon on Jan. 10, 2013. Matsuoka has been in Yangon since April 2012 to teach local people ways to improve the biggest Myanmar city's water service.

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Pyongyang scene amid missile launch threat

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk near huge portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son and successor as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang on April 10, 2013. North Korea may fire off several missiles of different types from different sites, Yonhap News Agency reported the same day, citing a South Korean government source.

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ASEAN foreign ministers in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario (L) and Brunei's Prince Mohamed Bolkiah (R), minister of foreign affairs and trade, greet each other in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on April 10, 2013, at a banquet for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Yamaguchi defends title

TOKYO, Japan - WBA super flyweight champion Naoko Yamaguchi of Japan (R) unleashes a punch against seventh-ranked Italian challenger Loredana Piazza in the second round of their bout at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on April 10, 2013. Yamaguchi defeated Piazza in the seventh round, successfully defending her crown for the second time.