Vietnam: Typhoon Kajiki Floods Streets of Hanoi, Halts Traffic 5

Typhoon Kajiki struck northern and central Vietnam, causing seven deaths, multiple injuries, and extensive damage in the country. Heavy rains and strong winds flooded streets in Hanoi, paralyzed traffic, and damaged thousands of homes and hectares of crops across Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, and Quang Tri provinces. Power outages affected thousands as electricity poles fell, and emergency services were deployed to assist residents and reinforce flood defenses. Flooding and landslide risks remain high, with authorities issuing alerts and evacuation plans in low-lying areas.

Vietnam: Typhoon Kajiki Floods Streets of Hanoi, Halts Traffic 4

Typhoon Kajiki struck northern and central Vietnam, causing seven deaths, multiple injuries, and extensive damage in the country. Heavy rains and strong winds flooded streets in Hanoi, paralyzed traffic, and damaged thousands of homes and hectares of crops across Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, and Quang Tri provinces. Power outages affected thousands as electricity poles fell, and emergency services were deployed to assist residents and reinforce flood defenses. Flooding and landslide risks remain high, with authorities issuing alerts and evacuation plans in low-lying areas.

Croatia: Massive Waterspout Spotted Off Korcula

A massive waterspout was spotted off the Croatian island of Korcula in the Adriatic Sea on Thursday, September 12.

Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Yayori Matsui (R), head of the Violence Against Women in War and Conflict Situations Network, Japan, and Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from R), former president of the war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, together with former Korean ''comfort woman'' Hwang Gum Ju (3rd from R) at a news conference in New York where Hwang call for an official apology and compensation on March 8 from the Japanese government for using hundreds of thousands of women as sex slaves before and during World War II.

Sex slave tribunal finds late Emperor guilty

Sex slave tribunal finds late Emperor guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Gabrielle Mcdonald (R), presiding judge at a mock tribunal on Japanese military sexual slavery speaks at a news conference at the end of the ''trial'' in Tokyo on Dec. 12. The tribunal found the late Emperor Hirohito guilty for the institutionalized sexual slavery system before and during World War II and urged Japan to compensate victims.

Women's Int'l War Crimes Tribunal to open in Tokyo

Women's Int'l War Crimes Tribunal to open in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from L), former president of the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 6, two days before the opening of the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal organized by civic groups. McDonald, who will serve as a judge at the tribunal, was joined at the news meeting by six women forced by the Imperial Japanese Army into sexual slavery during World War II.

Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

Japan urged to apologize to, compensate ex-sex slaves

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Yayori Matsui (R), head of the Violence Against Women in War and Conflict Situations Network, Japan, and Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from R), former president of the war crimes tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, together with former Korean ''comfort woman'' Hwang Gum Ju (3rd from R) at a news conference in New York where Hwang call for an official apology and compensation on March 8 from the Japanese government for using hundreds of thousands of women as sex slaves before and during World War II.

Sex slave tribunal finds late Emperor guilty

Sex slave tribunal finds late Emperor guilty

TOKYO, Japan - Gabrielle Mcdonald (R), presiding judge at a mock tribunal on Japanese military sexual slavery speaks at a news conference at the end of the ''trial'' in Tokyo on Dec. 12. The tribunal found the late Emperor Hirohito guilty for the institutionalized sexual slavery system before and during World War II and urged Japan to compensate victims.

Women's Int'l War Crimes Tribunal to open in Tokyo

Women's Int'l War Crimes Tribunal to open in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Gabrielle McDonald (2nd from L), former president of the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal, speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Dec. 6, two days before the opening of the Women's International War Crimes Tribunal organized by civic groups. McDonald, who will serve as a judge at the tribunal, was joined at the news meeting by six women forced by the Imperial Japanese Army into sexual slavery during World War II.