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World Cup 2026 – Cape Verde Fans Celebrate as Debutants Stun Spain With Historic 0-0 Draw

Cape Verde pulled off a stunning upset on Monday, holding heavily favored Spain to a 0-0 draw in the island nation's first-ever World Cup match, earning the 67th-ranked debutants a historic point against the second-ranked European champions. This video shows Cape Verde fans gathering at City of Providence watch party for the game vs. Spain at the municipal parking lot across from Pawtucket City Hall.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Rescued drifters questioned on JCG ship

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Photo taken on the morning of Jan. 7, 2012, shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Daisen anchored off Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. Three North Korean men in a wooden boat found adrift off Japan's Okinoshima Island the previous day have been questioned aboard the ship.

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Tourists view gun battery ruins on war island

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tourists view the ruins of a World War II gun battery on Okinoshima, one of a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea off Wakayama, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2014. The island is attracting young visitors as it looks like a floating fortress in "Laputa: Castle in the Sky," a 1986 Japanese animation film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

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Former WWII soldier recalls life on war island

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Iguchi talks about his experience as a solider of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II stationed on Okinoshima, one a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea, off Wakayama, western Japan, in an interview in Kyoto on July 29, 2014. A gun battery and other military facilities were built on the island to counter foreign warships.

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ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 499-ton salvage ship Shinyo Maru (foreground) begins work July 8 to recover an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) transport plane that crashed in the Sea of Japan off Okinoshima Island, Shimane Prefecture, on June 28. In the background is a destroyer. The C-1 transport plane with a crew of five disappeared from radar after taking off from the ASDF Miho base in Tottori Prefecture for a 90-minute test flight. The body of one crew member was found July 4.

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Cabinet OKs recommendation of Fukuoka ancient sites as UNESCO heritage

File photo taken in July 2015 shows the island of Okinoshima in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The government gave approval Jan. 15, 2016 for a group of ancient monuments, including the island itself, to be recommended for inclusion on the UNESCO cultural heritage list the following year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bid to add Munakata-Okinoshima monuments to World Heritage list

File photo taken July 11, 2015, shows Okinoshima Island in the southwestern Japan city of Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Council for Cultural Affairs decided on July 28 to pick the Munakata-Okinoshima monuments for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plan to recommend sacred island for UNESCO list sparks mixed feelings

Photo taken in November, 2015, shows the inside of Munakata Grand Shrine's Okitsu no Miya pavilion on Okinoshima Island off Fukuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plan to recommend sacred island for UNESCO list sparks mixed feelings

Photo taken in November, 2015, shows gold-copper dragon heads, designated a national treasure, displayed at the Munakata Grand Shrine museum in the city of Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture. They were found in the remains of ritual structures on sacred Okinoshima Island off Fukuoka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plan to recommend sacred island for UNESCO list sparks mixed feelings

Photo taken in November, 2015, shows Munakata Grand Shrine's Okitsu no Miya pavilion on Okinoshima Island off Fukuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Plan to recommend sacred island for UNESCO list sparks mixed feelings

Photo taken in November, 2015, shows the remains of a ritual structure on Okinoshima Island off Fukuoka Prefecture. Artifacts designated as national treasures, including gold-copper dragon heads, were found beneath the rocks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foot-shaped radish crops in Oki Island

MATSUE, Japan - Is he frowning on a stinking foot? No, the boy at a kindergarten on the Japan Sea island of Oki is just trying to pick up a rare foot-shaped radish brought by a local farmer who thought it might amuse the children. By courtesy of the Okinoshima Municipal Office. (Kyodo)

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Tourists view gun battery ruins on war island

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tourists view the ruins of a World War II gun battery on Okinoshima, one of a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea off Wakayama, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2014. The island is attracting young visitors as it looks like a floating fortress in "Laputa: Castle in the Sky," a 1986 Japanese animation film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. (Kyodo)

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Rescued drifters questioned on JCG ship

SAKAIMINATO, Japan - Photo taken on the morning of Jan. 7, 2012, shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Daisen anchored off Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture. Three North Korean men in a wooden boat found adrift off Japan's Okinoshima Island the previous day have been questioned aboard the ship. (Kyodo)

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Unidentified boat off Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japan Coast Guard officers aboard an unidentified wooden boat found in the Sea of Japan off the western Japan island of Okinoshima on Jan. 6, 2012. The coast guard said three adult men and a dead body were on the boat and that one of the men said the boat had been drifting after developing engine trouble during fishing. The small boat with Hangul characters on its hull was initially suspected of carrying defectors from North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Unidentified boat off Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japan Coast Guard officers aboard an unidentified wooden boat found in the Sea of Japan off the western Japan island of Okinoshima on Jan. 6, 2012. The coast guard said three adult men and a dead body were on the boat and that one of the men said the boat had been drifting after developing engine trouble during fishing. The small boat with Hangul characters on its hull was initially suspected of carrying defectors from North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Emergency drill in remote island over missile launch

Elementary school students hold their heads and keep their bodies low during an emergency drill in the western Japan town of Okinoshima on Sept. 6, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. Around 2,000 residents participated in the nation's first drill on a remote island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emergency drill in remote island over missile launch

Elementary school students hold their heads and keep their bodies low during an emergency drill in the western Japan town of Okinoshima on Sept. 6, 2017, in the wake of repeated missile launches by North Korea. Around 2,000 residents participated in the nation's first drill on a remote island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred Japanese island added to UNESCO heritage list

Japan's Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata (C in 2nd row) and other Japanese officials celebrate during a session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in Krakow, Poland, on July 9, 2017 after the panel decided to add the island of Okinoshima and nearby reefs plus four other sites in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to UNESCO's World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred Japanese island added to UNESCO heritage list

Undated file photo shows the island of Okinoshima (back) and nearby reefs in Fukuoka Prefecture. The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided on July 9, 2017 to add the island and three reefs as well as four other related sites in southwestern Japan to UNESCO's World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred Japanese island added to UNESCO heritage list

The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization holds a meeting in Krakow, Poland, on July 9, 2017, to discuss new additions to UNESCO's World Heritage list. The panel decided to add the island of Okinoshima and three reefs as well as four other related sites in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to the list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred Japanese island seeking UNESCO heritage listing

Photo taken July 3, 2017, shows the southwestern Japan island of Okinoshima, home to Okitsu-Miya Shrine. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will decide as early as July 8 whether to add the sacred island to the world's cultural heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sacred Japanese island recommended for UNESCO heritage list

Hiromi Tanii (R), the mayor of Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, displays a poster announcing a decision by a UNESCO preliminary review panel recommending the local island of Okinoshima and reefs nearby be registered on the world's cultural heritage list, at the city hall on May 6, 2017. The island is home to Okitsu-Miya Shrine, which was used for prayer rituals during Japan's exchanges with the Asian continent in the fourth to ninth centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASDF begins work to salvage C-1 transport plane

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 499-ton salvage ship Shinyo Maru (foreground) begins work July 8 to recover an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) transport plane that crashed in the Sea of Japan off Okinoshima Island, Shimane Prefecture, on June 28. In the background is a destroyer. The C-1 transport plane with a crew of five disappeared from radar after taking off from the ASDF Miho base in Tottori Prefecture for a 90-minute test flight. The body of one crew member was found July 4.