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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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Vietnam: Typhoon Kalmaegi Brings Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain to Central Region 2

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to regions already hit by recent floods. At least one person has died, several are missing, and homes and power lines were damaged. Flooding occurred in Dak Lak and thousands were evacuated as authorities remain on high alert for further floods and landslides.

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UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad

STORY: UN marks 20th anniversary of bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anniversary 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General STORYLINE: The United Nations on Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the suicide bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 22 UN personnel. At a brief ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York, Atul Khare, the UN undersecretary-general for the Department of Operational Support, laid a wreath in front of a plaque for the 2003 bombing. The bombing took place on Aug. 19, 2003, in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, which was used by the United Nations as its headquarters in Iraq. The bombing killed 22 people, including the UN Special Representative in Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello, and wounded more than 100 others. The UN General Assembly in 2008 designated the date of the Baghdad bombing as World Humanitarian Day. In a video message

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6 killed, 16 hurt in car bomb in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Photo shows the scene near the Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad where a bomb planted in a vehicle detonated, killing at least six people and injuring 16.

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Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa walks into a Kuwait hotel on Nov. 2 to receive the body of murdered Japanese hostage Shosei Koda that was flown to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day. The body is expected to arrive at Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Nov. 3.

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Body confirmed as that of Japanese cameraman Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, along with her son Daisuke, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kuwait City on June 3 after a body airlifted from Iraq was confirmed to be that of her husband Shinsuke Hashida, a freelance cameraman shot to death near Baghdad on May 27. Hashida holds the hat her husband was wearing when he and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, their Iraqi driver and their interpreter were attacked by gunmen.

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(2)Body confirmed to be that of Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida (front), whose husband Shinsuke was one of two Japanese freelance journalists attacked near Baghdad, and their son Daisuke return to their hotel in Kuwait after identifying her husband's body.

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(1)Body confirmed to be that of Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, whose husband Shinsuke was one of two Japanese freelance journalists attacked near Baghdad, leaves a Kuwaiti hotel June 2 to identify her husband's body.

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(1)Kin of journalists get belongings left behind in Baghdad

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, wife of journalist Shinsuke Hashida believed to have been killed in Iraq folds her husband jacket in Kuwait on May 31. Belongings left behind by Hashida were carried to Kuwait from a Baghdad hotel where he was staying.

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(2)Kin of journalists get belongings left behind in Baghdad

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Hiroshi Ogawa (R), father of Kotaro Ogawa who was slain in Iraq, looks at belongings left by his son at a Baghdad hotel where he was staying before carrying them to Kuwait. The father visited Kuwait to identify his son's body.

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Kin of Japanese slain in Iraq identify body in Kuwait

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Relatives of freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa -- his mother Yoko, father Hiroshi and brother Shuji -- return to a hotel in Kuwait May 30 after identifying his body at an Air Force base, to which the body was airlifted from Baghdad. Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida were attacked in a Baghdad suburb on May 27 by gunmen.

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2 freed Japanese apologize for causing trouble

AMMAN, Jordan - Freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda (L) and human rights activist Nobutaka Watanabe speak to reporters at a hotel in Amman on April 18 after arriving there from Baghdad, where they were released by a militant group. They apologized for causing trouble stemming from their captivity.

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(1)Grenade hits hotel in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - People stand near the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad, which was hit by a rocket-propelled on March 24. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

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(2)Grenade hits hotel in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two journalists report on the grenade attack that struck the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad hotel on March 24.

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3 Iraqis killed by car bomb in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. soldiers stand guard in front of the Shaheen Hotel in central Baghdad on Jan. 28 after it was partly destroyed by a car bomb. At least three Iraqis were killed by the blast.

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Iraqi hotel accommodating U.S. workers hit by rocket bombs

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Baghdad hotel where U.S. construction company employees are staying is checked Jan. 9 after being hit by rocket bombs. Iraqi police said no casualties were reported in the attack.

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Rockets hit 2 hotels, Oil Ministry in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket launcher left by guerrillas is seen in Baghdad on Nov. 21 after it was used to fire rockets that hit the Palestine Hotel and nearby Sheraton Hotel.

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Japan to send troops to Iraq despite risk of attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Yukio Okamoto, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's top diplomatic adviser, says at a news conference at a Baghdad hotel Nov. 5 that Japan will send troops to Iraq as planned although Japanese military personnel and diplomats may be attacked by Iraqi insurgents.

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Huge blast rocks central Baghdad, killing 6, injuring some 30

TOWNSVILLE, Australia - Smoke is seen rising into the air near the Baghdad Hotel in central Baghdad on Oct. 12 after a powerful car bomb exploded, killing six Iraqis and wounded some 30 others.

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(13)Photos from Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis speak about their daily difficulties to U.S. solders standing guard in front of a hotel in Baghdad on April 15.

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(8)Scenes from Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi man gestures and appeals to a U.S. soldier in front of a Baghdad hotel on April 13.

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(13)Photos on Baghdad scene

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Army soldiers stand guard April 12 at the entrance of Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad where many foreign journalists stay.

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Japanese journalist freed after detention by Iraqi police

BAGHDAD, Iran - Moriaki Endo, a Japanese freelance journalist missing since April 2, tells of his ordeal after arriving at a Baghdad hotel late April 11. Endo said Iraqi authorities had apprehended and detained him for alleged espionage.

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Death of journalists mourned

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Journalists gather outside Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad on April 8 to mourn the death of two cameramen who fell victims to a tank round fired earlier in the day by U.S. troops. Three others were injured, two of them seriously, in the round at the 18-story hotel that houses most foreign journalists covering the conflict independent of the U.S. military.

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3 Japanese leave Syria to join 'human shields' in Baghdad

DAMASCUS, Syria - Three Japanese, including Shigeko Takayabu (L), an assistant nurse from Kobe, leave a Damascus hotel for Baghdad on April 1 to serve as ''human shields'' against the U.S. war on Iraq.

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2 Japanese 'human shields' leave Iraq

DAMASCUS, Syria - Two Japanese -- Mitsuo Chikushi (L) and Michizo Matsuzaki (R) -- who had been acting as ''human shields'' in Baghdad to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq, speak at a Damascus hotel in Syria on March 28. Chikushi, a company president from Hino, western Tokyo, and Matsuzaki, a former newspaper reporter from Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, had been placed at a water-purification plant in a Baghdad suburb.

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(2)Scenes in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Windows at a hotel in Baghdad are taped to prevent them from shattering in the event of a U.S.-led attack.

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Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa walks into a Kuwait hotel on Nov. 2 to receive the body of murdered Japanese hostage Shosei Koda that was flown to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day. The body is expected to arrive at Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

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6 killed, 16 hurt in car bomb in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Photo shows the scene near the Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad where a bomb planted in a vehicle detonated, killing at least six people and injuring 16. (Kyodo)

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Japanese journalist freed after detention by Iraqi police

BAGHDAD, Iran - Moriaki Endo, a Japanese freelance journalist missing since April 2, tells of his ordeal after arriving at a Baghdad hotel late April 11. Endo said Iraqi authorities had apprehended and detained him for alleged espionage. (Kyodo)

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Death of journalists mourned

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Journalists gather outside Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad on April 8 to mourn the death of two cameramen who fell victims to a tank round fired earlier in the day by U.S. troops. Three others were injured, two of them seriously, in the round at the 18-story hotel that houses most foreign journalists covering the conflict independent of the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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(2)Scenes in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Windows at a hotel in Baghdad are taped to prevent them from shattering in the event of a U.S.-led attack.

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(2)Kin of journalists get belongings left behind in Baghdad

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Hiroshi Ogawa (R), father of Kotaro Ogawa who was slain in Iraq, looks at belongings left by his son at a Baghdad hotel where he was staying before carrying them to Kuwait. The father visited Kuwait to identify his son's body. (Kyodo)

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(1)Terror in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A burning car outside of Baghdad Hotel on Oct. 12 following an explosion near the hotel. (Kyodo)

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(2)Terror in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops patrol the neighborhood near Baghdad Hotel on Oct. 12 following an explosion in the area. (Kyodo)

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Wall against terror

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A concrete wall built against terrorist attacks stands in a deserted Sadoon Street near Baghdad Hotel which was hit by a bomb. The photo was taken on Sept. 12, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Terror attack on UN office in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The collapsed wall of Canal Hotel, which houses the U.N. office in Baghdad, after a terrorist attack. The photo was taken on Aug. 19, 2003. (Kyodo)

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2 freed Japanese apologize for causing trouble

AMMAN, Jordan - Freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda (L) and human rights activist Nobutaka Watanabe speak to reporters at a hotel in Amman on April 18 after arriving there from Baghdad, where they were released by a militant group. They apologized for causing trouble stemming from their captivity. (Kyodo)

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(2)Body confirmed to be that of Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida (front), whose husband Shinsuke was one of two Japanese freelance journalists attacked near Baghdad, and their son Daisuke return to their hotel in Kuwait after identifying her husband's body. (Kyodo)

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(2)Grenade hits hotel in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two journalists report on the grenade attack that struck the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad hotel on March 24. (Kyodo)

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(1)Grenade hits hotel in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - People stand near the Sheraton hotel in Baghdad, which was hit by a rocket-propelled on March 24. There were no immediate reports of casualties. (Kyodo)

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Antonio Inoki, Japanese hostages pleased after Iraqi decision to free them

Professional wrestler-turned Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (C), surrounded by Japanese nationals who had been prevented from leaving Iraq and their families, pump their fists at the Mansour Melia Hotel in Baghdad on Dec. 6, 1990, following Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's decision to release all foreigners stranded in Iraq, including the Japanese. An estimated 6,000 Westerners and Japanese were held in Iraq following the Aug. 2, 1990, Iraqi invasion of neighboring Kuwait.

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Body confirmed as that of Japanese cameraman Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, along with her son Daisuke, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kuwait City on June 3 after a body airlifted from Iraq was confirmed to be that of her husband Shinsuke Hashida, a freelance cameraman shot to death near Baghdad on May 27. Hashida holds the hat her husband was wearing when he and his nephew Kotaro Ogawa, their Iraqi driver and their interpreter were attacked by gunmen. (Kyodo)

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(1)Body confirmed to be that of Hashida

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, whose husband Shinsuke was one of two Japanese freelance journalists attacked near Baghdad, leaves a Kuwaiti hotel June 2 to identify her husband's body. (Kyodo)

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Kin of Japanese slain in Iraq identify body in Kuwait

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Relatives of freelance journalist Kotaro Ogawa -- his mother Yoko, father Hiroshi and brother Shuji -- return to a hotel in Kuwait May 30 after identifying his body at an Air Force base, to which the body was airlifted from Baghdad. Ogawa and his uncle Shinsuke Hashida were attacked in a Baghdad suburb on May 27 by gunmen. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kin of journalists get belongings left behind in Baghdad

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Yukiko Hashida, wife of journalist Shinsuke Hashida believed to have been killed in Iraq folds her husband jacket in Kuwait on May 31. Belongings left behind by Hashida were carried to Kuwait from a Baghdad hotel where he was staying. (Kyodo)

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3 Iraqis killed by car bomb in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. soldiers stand guard in front of the Shaheen Hotel in central Baghdad on Jan. 28 after it was partly destroyed by a car bomb. At least three Iraqis were killed by the blast. (Kyodo)

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Iraqi hotel accommodating U.S. workers hit by rocket bombs

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A Baghdad hotel where U.S. construction company employees are staying is checked Jan. 9 after being hit by rocket bombs. Iraqi police said no casualties were reported in the attack. (Kyodo)

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Rockets hit 2 hotels, Oil Ministry in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A rocket launcher left by guerrillas is seen in Baghdad on Nov. 21 after it was used to fire rockets that hit the Palestine Hotel and nearby Sheraton Hotel. (Kyodo)

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Japan to send troops to Iraq despite risk of attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Yukio Okamoto, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's top diplomatic adviser, says at a news conference at a Baghdad hotel Nov. 5 that Japan will send troops to Iraq as planned although Japanese military personnel and diplomats may be attacked by Iraqi insurgents. (Kyodo)