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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Several people work in the debris removal of an area affected by the DANA, October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today the tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Several people work to clean the mud from an area affected by the DANA, October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today the tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Several people work in the debris removal of an area affected by the DANA, October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today the tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Interior of a house affected by the DANA, on October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural channel of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

Several agents of the Guardia Civil work in the search for missing persons in an area affected by the DANA, October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose up to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

A tractor works in an area affected by the DANA, on October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five people missing in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Disaster Death Toll Reaches 214 - Valencia

A man works on clearing debris from an area affected by the DANA, October 31, 2024, in Letur, Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The device of about 150 troops working in the search for the five missing people in the municipality of Letur after the flood caused by the DANA has resumed early today the tasks, which are mainly focused on combing the area of the natural bed of the stream that overflowed last October 29 and where the water rose to ten meters above its usual level. Yesterday, October 30, the lifeless body of a woman was found. Photo by Víctor Fernández/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Begins Ground Incursion - Lebanon

This photo released on Sept. 30, 2024 shows Israeli troops stationed on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel on Monday night launched ground raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area of southern Lebanon, killing over 90 people and raising concerns about regional escalation. Israel's military confirmed late Monday that it had launched "a focused and limited" ground campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Begins Ground Incursion - Lebanon

This photo released on Sept. 30, 2024 shows Israeli troops stationed on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel on Monday night launched ground raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area of southern Lebanon, killing over 90 people and raising concerns about regional escalation. Israel's military confirmed late Monday that it had launched "a focused and limited" ground campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Begins Ground Incursion - Lebanon

This photo released on Sept. 30, 2024 shows Israeli troops stationed on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel on Monday night launched ground raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area of southern Lebanon, killing over 90 people and raising concerns about regional escalation. Israel's military confirmed late Monday that it had launched "a focused and limited" ground campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ISRAEL-KEREM SHALOM CROSSING-TROOPS-GAZA

(240508) -- KEREM SHALOM CROSSING, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops are deployed near the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, on May 8, 2024. Israel's army announced on Wednesday that it was continuing its ground assault on Gaza's Rafah, reporting approximately 30 casualties since the offensive began on Monday night. According to an army statement, the 30 casualties were militants, while Gaza health officials reported about 35 deaths, including a four-month-old baby. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)

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[Breaking News]Zelenskyy says no cease-fire unless Russia withdraws troops

KYIV, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview that his country will not agree to a cease-fire unless Russia withdraws its troops, while expressing concerns about international attention becoming "unfocused" on the situation in Ukraine amid the Middle East conflict.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - People gather to pray on Sept. 2, 2011, at the ruins of a mosque flattened by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed the mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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Japanese troops start pulling out of Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A British helicopter carrying the first group of Japanese ground troops leaves the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 7. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport aircraft carried the group of about 30 troops from Taril airport, the airport closest to Samawah, to a Kuwaiti airport, marking the start of a monthlong process to end Japan's two-and-a-half-year aid mission in Samawah.

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12. Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun.

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12. Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun.

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12, practicing regaining a remote Japanese island invaded by a foreign armed group. During the drills, Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun.

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(2) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - A convoy of about 30 vehicles carrying a 140-member core unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops head for Iraq on Feb. 27 from a U.S. military base in Kuwait. The troops are being sent to Iraq to assist in the rebuilding of the war-torn country.

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(4)Japan's ground troops arrive in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Masahisa Sato (C), who heads an advance team of about 30 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, is surrounded by reporters on Jan. 19 after arriving at the Dutch Camp Smitty near the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.

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(2)Japan's advance troops arrive in U.S. camp in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - About 30 members of an advance team from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force line up in a tent at Camp Virginia, a U.S. army base in western Kuwait, on Jan. 17 after arriving there to prepare for their mission in Iraq.

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(1)Japan's GSDF advance team leaves for Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - An advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops (fore) get cheers from their family members and Defense Agency officials during a pep-up ceremony held at the Defense Agency headquarters in Tokyo prior to their departure for Iraq on Jan. 16. This is the first dispatch of Japanese ground troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II.

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(2)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

OSAKA, Japan - Police keep watch in an international flights lobby at Kansai airport Jan. 16 ahead of the departure of an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members for Iraq later in the day in what will be the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II.

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(1)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

NARITA, Japan - Police step up security at Narita airport Jan. 16 as an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members is set to leave for Iraq later in the day in what will be the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II.

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(4)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

TOKYO, Japan - Police keep watch on a Shinkansen bullet train platform at Tokyo Station on Jan. 16. Security around the country has been increased ahead of the departure later in the day of an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members for Iraq. It is the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II.

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Local people demonstrate against GSDF deployment in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - About 30 people, including two who claim to be former sex slaves of Japanese troops during World War II, demonstrate outside Dili airport on March 4 to protest at the deployment of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) in East Timor to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping operation. The GSDF's advance team arrived at the airport to prepare for the 680-member GSDF mission to East Timor.

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- People gather at the Kabul airport during evacuation in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021, after the Taliban's takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a big fiasco, leaving disasters behind On Aug. 30, U.S. troops were completely pulled out of Afghanistan. The 20-year war Washington unilaterally launched ended in a big fiasco. The hasty withdrawal, regardless of U.S. allies, led to turmoil on Afghan soil. Meanwhile, brutal airstrikes brought many civilians, including children, to death. America once again demonstrated its selfish and high-handed nature. The longest war in U.S. history claimed more than 30,000 lives of Afghan civilians, and turned about 11 million people into refugees. Long-term wars and conflicts took a heavy toll on people's livelihood, as three-quart.....

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12. Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12. Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun. (Kyodo)

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Japanese troops start pulling out of Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A British helicopter carrying the first group of Japanese ground troops leaves the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 7. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport aircraft carried the group of about 30 troops from Taril airport, the airport closest to Samawah, to a Kuwaiti airport, marking the start of a monthlong process to end Japan's two-and-a-half-year aid mission in Samawah. (Kyodo)

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Drill for huge quake and tsunami held in Japan

A drill simulating a magnitude 8 Nankai Trough earthquake off Japan's western Pacific coast, and a subsequent tsunami, is held in the western Japanese city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2015. About 600 people, including Ground Self-Defense Force troops, police officers, firefighters and medical staff, took part in the joint drill to enhance collaboration ahead of a mega-thrust devastating earthquake experts say could occur within 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local people demonstrate against GSDF deployment in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - About 30 people, including two who claim to be former sex slaves of Japanese troops during World War II, demonstrate outside Dili airport on March 4 to protest at the deployment of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) in East Timor to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping operation. The GSDF's advance team arrived at the airport to prepare for the 680-member GSDF mission to East Timor.

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Japan, U.S. troops hold 1st joint exercise for island defense

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japanese and U.S. troops are engaged in their first joint exercise for island defense in the San Diego coastal area on Jan. 12, practicing regaining a remote Japanese island invaded by a foreign armed group. During the drills, Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force members received training from about 30 U.S. Marines on how to row a rubber dinghy out to sneak onto the ''seized'' island as well as how to conduct reconnaissance swimming for about an hour wearing a wetsuit and ''armed'' with a rubber model gun. (Kyodo)

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - People gather to pray on Sept. 2, 2011, at the ruins of a mosque flattened by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed the mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque. (Kyodo)

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque. (Kyodo)

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(2)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

OSAKA, Japan - Police keep watch in an international flights lobby at Kansai airport Jan. 16 ahead of the departure of an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members for Iraq later in the day in what will be the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan's GSDF advance team leaves for Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - An advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops (fore) get cheers from their family members and Defense Agency officials during a pep-up ceremony held at the Defense Agency headquarters in Tokyo prior to their departure for Iraq on Jan. 16. This is the first dispatch of Japanese ground troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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(1)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

NARITA, Japan - Police step up security at Narita airport Jan. 16 as an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members is set to leave for Iraq later in the day in what will be the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II. (Kyodo)

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(4)GSDF advance team to leave for Iraq Jan. 16

TOKYO, Japan - Police keep watch on a Shinkansen bullet train platform at Tokyo Station on Jan. 16. Security around the country has been increased ahead of the departure later in the day of an advance team of about 30 Ground Self-Defense Force members for Iraq. It is the first dispatch of Japanese troops to a country where fighting is taking place since the end of World War II. (Kyodo)