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Tibetan Exile Daily Life Dharamsala and McLeod Ganj - India

A Tibetan monk walks past a wall spray-painted with the missing Panchen Lama's likeness as a child and the words "Free Panchen Lama, Missing Since 1995" in McLeod Ganj, India, April 14, 2025. At the foot of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas, Dharamsala, the heart of the Tibetan exile community, is home to the Central Tibetan Administration and His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. Though the exiled Tibetans have made a home in Dharamsala and other parts of India and the world, many long to return to Tibet, the land of snows. Photo by Alex Gist/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators and armored vehicles depart after demolishing a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Rubble and twisted rebar remain of a Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Rubble and twisted rebar remain of a Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators and armored vehicles depart after demolishing a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Residents gather near the debris of a demolished Palestinian Building after an Israeli forces raid in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators and armored vehicles depart after demolishing a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

An Israeli helicopter hovers as excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators and armored vehicles depart after demolishing a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military forces stand beside an armored vehicle during a demolition operation in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Forces Demolish Unauthorized Building - West Bank

Israeli military excavators demolish a Palestinian Building in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on April 21, 2025. The demolition occurred in Area C territory under full Israeli control per the 1995 Oslo Accords, where Palestinian construction permits are routinely denied, making such demolitions a frequent occurrence. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting in quake-hit Kobe to reconstruct war-torn Ukrainian regions

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky makes a speech during a meeting hosted by Hyogo Prefecture in its capital Kobe on April 21, 2023, to discuss how to reconstruct Ukrainian regions damaged by the war based on the western Japan city's experience of the January 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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MRC reaffirms commitment to sustainable development of Mekong River

STORY: MRC reaffirms commitment to sustainable development of Mekong River DATELINE: April 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fourth MRC Summit STORYLINE: Leaders of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) member countries reaffirmed their political commitment to the sustainable development of the river, as they concluded the fourth MRC Summit in Vientiane on Wednesday. Heads of government and representatives of the member countries, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, adopted the Vientiane Declaration, which reaffirmed their political commitment to support the mandate of the intergovernmental organization of the lower Mekong countries. Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone told a press conference that the leaders have reaffirmed their highest political commitment to the 1995 Mekong Agreement, particularly the primary role of cooperation to ensure sustainable development of water and resources in the Mekong basin through the adoption of the Vientiane D

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Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu

STORY: Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the water diversion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA GUANGYU, Deputy director with the water diversion program STORYLINE: A water diversion project across a desert in northwest China has been in operation for more than two decades, providing much-needed water to residents and safeguarding the local ecology. In one section of the project, water is diverted from the Yellow River, China's second largest river, to Minqin, a county in Gansu Province that had long suffered severe water shortages. Construction of the project began in 1995, and was completed in 2000. The project was put into operation in March 2001. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official "A total of 1.755 billion cubic meters of water had been transferred to Minqin by the end of 2022. This has provid

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Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

OSAKA, April 28 Kyodo - Tatsuhiro Boku (L), who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire, heads to the Osaka District Court with his lawyers on April 28, 2016, for a retrial to exonerate him. Boku later declared his innocence, and the court is expected to pronounce Boku not guilty in early August.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1995 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) being presented with the Order of the Precious Crown from Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-BOJ chief Mieno dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows former Bank of Japan Governor Yasushi Mieno. Mieno, known for his uncompromising fight against the economic bubble, died of cardiac arrest at a Tokyo hospital on April 15, 2012, his family said April 18. He was 88.

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Quake-hit daily Kobe Shimbun opens news gallery

KOBE, Japan - A clock used in the editorial room of the Kobe Shimbun, which stopped telling time after the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the area, is displayed in the ''Newsport'' news gallery at the headquarters of the paper in Kobe, on April 27, 2011, during the exhibit's opening ceremony.

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Quake-hit daily Kobe Shimbun opens news gallery

KOBE, Japan - People view panels on coverage of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in the ''Newsport'' news gallery at the Kobe Shimbun in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, during the exhibit's opening ceremony.

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Kobe students help clear rubble at tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Student volunteers from Maiko High School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, clear away rubble and mud at an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Some 20 students and staff at the high school from the city, which suffered in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, visited the area, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, to help reopen the elementary school.

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AUM remnants complain about police report

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Araki, chief spokesman of a successor group of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2010. The group, now called Aleph, complained about a police claim that the defunct cult was responsible for the unresolved 1995 shooting of the then national police chief, although the suspect was not identified.

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AUM remnants complain about police report

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Araki, chief spokesman of a successor group of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, heads to the Metropolitan Police Department building in Tokyo on April 9, 2010. The group, now called Aleph, complained about a police claim that the defunct cult was responsible for the unresolved 1995 shooting of the then national police chief, although the suspect was not identified.

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Nagasaki Mayor Ito dies after being shot by gangster

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 1995 shows Itcho Ito celebrating his first Nagasaki mayoral election victory with supporters. Ito died April 18, 2007 after being shot the previous day by a gangster during election campaigning in the Nagasaki prefectural capital.

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Prince Andrew visits monument for Hanshin earthquake victims

KOBE, Japan - Britain's Prince Andrew places flowers at a monument for victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe, western Japan, on April 21. (Pool photo)

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Classic cars on display in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - About 100 classic cars, including a 1951 Bentley (in photo), leave Kobe on April 24 for a parade through Hyogo, Tokushima, Kagawa and Okayama prefectures. The parade, which began in 1999 to promote the reconstruction of cities damaged by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, featured cars manufactured before 1970.

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Singer and film actor 'Bahbu' Satake dies at 68

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer and film actor Yutaka ''Bahbu'' Satake (in a photo taken in April 1995) died due to multiple organ failure in a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 5. He was 68. Satake was well known for his crooning of love-related ballads, including his popular debut song ''Onna Gokoro no Uta'' (Song of a Woman's Heart).

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Prosecutors demand death penalty for AUM's Asahara

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was among twelve people killed in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack by AUM Shinrikyo cult, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 24 after prosecutors demanded the death penalty for cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, at the Tokyo District Court.

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Kobe citizens enjoy ''flower-pedal pictures''

KOBE, Japan - Pedestrians walking along Sannomiya Ajisai avenue in Kobe on April 19 enjoy viewing colorful pictures made with pedals from more than 1.25 million tulips. The annual event was initiated in 1997 in hopes of promoting the city's rehabilitation from the 1995 earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people.

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Royal couple attend opening ceremony for Kobe quake institute

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Masako (R) offer flowers at a monument in the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution in Kobe on April 21 before an opening ceremony for the institution. A list of the names of the 6,454 people known to have died in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is kept at the monument.

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Emperor, empress pay respects at Kobe memorial

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on April 24 pay tribute at a memorial monument in Kobe dedicated to victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The imperial couple are currently on a visit to Hyogo Prefecture to see how it has recovered from the Jan. 17, 1995 quake which devastated Kobe and its vicinity, and left more than 6,400 people dead.(Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress meet kin of Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on April 23 in Kobe place a bunch of white chrysanthemums near a wooden box containing a list of the 6,420 dead and missing in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The imperial couple, who visited Kobe to see how the city is recovering from the temblor, later met with about 30 people who lost family members in the earthquake.

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Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.