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Australia: Record Flooding in NSW Leaves Barbershop Underwater

One man is dead and three people are missing after record flooding battered New South Wales’ Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate. This video shows the inside of a barbershop in Taree, submerged in floodwater.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, L) and Empress Masako (front, R) visit on April 7, 2025, the memorial monument on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean erected by the Japanese central government to commemorate the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle against the United States on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lay flowers on April 7, 2025, at the memorial monument on Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean erected by the Japanese central government to commemorate the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle against the United States on the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, during the final year of World War II. (Pool photo)

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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated March 18, 2011 of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specia

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U.S. Deploys Two B-52H Stratofortress To Romania

Handout file photo dated July 10, 2010 shows U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress from the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La., flies a mission in the pacific Ocean. On July 21, 2024, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, landed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase in Romania as part of Bomber Task Force 24-4. During their flight over the Barents Sea, the B-52s, operating in international airspace in compliance with international law, were intercepted by two Russian aircraft around 8 a.m. Central European Time. Despite the interception, the B-52s maintained their flight path and continued their mission as planned, including integration exercises with NATO fighter jets, before landing at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey via ABACAPRESS.COM

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B-1s Part Of Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria

Handout file photo dated March 10, 2017 shows a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the Pacific Ocean. B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing launched early February 1, 2024, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as part of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the United States. According to U.S. Central Command officials, the airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces. U.S. Air Fo

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated February 22, 2012 shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets drop flares during an air power demonstration for participants of a tiger cruise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated May 18, 2014 shows n F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 launches from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commu

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated November 1, 2011 shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 catapults from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm

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Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated July 24, 2023 shows a storm in the southeast Pacific Ocean is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above the central coast of Chile. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated July 24, 2023 shows a storm in the southeast Pacific Ocean near the central coast of Chile is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 268 miles above. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of South Korean civic groups gather to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A member of South Korean civic group takes part in a gathering to voice opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of South Korean civic groups gather to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of South Korean civic groups gather to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of South Korean civic groups gather to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A placard against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean is pictured in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230709) -- SEOUL, July 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of South Korean civic groups gather to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, on July 8, 2023. A group of South Korean civic activists, politicians, fishermen and ordinary people gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to raise their voice against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. TO GO WITH "Roundup: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan" (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)

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S. Koreans urge Japan to store nuke-contaminated water on land

STORY: S. Koreans urge Japan to store nuke-contaminated water on land DATELINE: June 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest rally against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater in Seoul 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KWON MIN-KYUNG, Seoul citizen 3. various of radioactive wastewater stored in Japan STORYLINE: Thousands of South Koreans rallied in central Seoul Saturday to protest against Japan's irresponsible plan of discharging nuke-contaminated water into the sea. They urged Tokyo to build more storage facilities on land for nuclear-contaminated water, holding signs that read "Protect Pacific Ocean" and "Storage on Land." SOUNDBITE (Korean): KWON MIN-KYUNG, Seoul citizen "The Japanese government certainly has a way of keeping radioactive wastewater on land, but to save money, simply to save money, (it decided to) release the wastewater into the sea. I think it is a criminal act that will badly destroy the marine ecosystem. The d

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S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater

STORY: S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater DATELINE: May 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters in central Seoul 2. various of Lee Jae-myung, chairman of the main liberal opposition Democratic Party STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of South Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. "Stop Japan's dumping of nuclear contaminated water into ocean. Oppose the dumping from Fukushima," protesters shouted in unison with civic activists and politicians joining the rally. The protesters also criticized the South Korean government's plan to dispatch a 21-member team of experts to Japan in a bid to review the contaminated water discharge process for six days from Sunday, as it was noted that private experts were excluded from the team, and they will not be all

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230520) -- SEOUL, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally to protest against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2023. Tens of thousands of South Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. TO GO WITH "S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater" (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230520) -- SEOUL, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally to protest against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2023. Tens of thousands of South Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. TO GO WITH "S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater" (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-JAPAN-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230520) -- SEOUL, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally to protest against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean in Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2023. Tens of thousands of South Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice their opposition to Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. TO GO WITH "S. Koreans shout opposition to Japan's discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater" (Photo by James Lee/Xinhua)

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Fallout from U.S. nuke tests continues to take toll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows Masatoshi Yamashita, a former high school teacher, giving an interview at his home in Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture. Yamashita, together with his students, confirmed after 30 years of studies that some 1,000 Japanese fishing boats were exposed to "death ash" caused by a series of U.S. nuclear tests in the central Pacific Ocean around 60 years ago, in addition to the Fukuryu Maru No. 5 tuna fishing boat that was exposed to fallout from a U.S. hydrogen bomb detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.

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Bluefin tuna catch

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2013 shows a bluefin tuna bought during the year's first auction at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tokyo's Tsukiji district. The International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean has compiled a report calling for a cut in the Pacific bluefin tuna catch and other measures to improve stocks, sources close to the matter said on Aug. 6, 2013.

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.

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Typhoon approaches Kii Peninsula, may dump heavy rain

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Waves wash the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture as typhoon Maria is approaching central Honshu facing the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 8.

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try-2

British pilots Andy Elson(L) and Colin Prescot(R) of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather. Date:3/8/99

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2nd ship sails through newly expanded Panama Canal

The LPG carrier Lycaste Peace sails toward the Agua Clara locks, the newly built locks on the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, near Colon, central Panama, on June 27, 2016, as it heads toward the Pacific Ocean. Operated by Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., known as NYK Line, the vessel became the second ship to sail through the new locks, following a Chinese container ship's inaugural passage the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2nd ship sails through newly expanded Panama Canal

The LPG carrier Lycaste Peace sails through the Agua Clara locks, the newly built locks on the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, near Colon, central Panama, on June 27, 2016, as it heads toward the Pacific Ocean. Operated by Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen K.K., known as NYK Line, the vessel became the second ship to sail through the new locks, following a Chinese container ship's inaugural passage the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st ship sails through newly expanded Panama Canal

Spectators watch as the Chinese container ship Cosco Shipping Panama enters the Agua Clara locks, the newly built locks on the Atlantic end of Panama Canal, near Colon, central Panama, on June 26, 2016. Headed towards the Pacific Ocean, the vessel became the first to sail through the new locks, part of a $5.25 billion project to expand the canal that took nine years to complete. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea confirms launch of intermediate-range missile over Japan

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seen in this file photo, directly oversaw the latest launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on site, the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Aug. 30, 2017. The missile crossed over Japan before splashing into the northern Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon approaches Kii Peninsula, may dump heavy rain

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Waves wash the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture as typhoon Maria is approaching central Honshu facing the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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Crew safe after ditching balloon in round-the-world try

British pilots Andy Elson and Colin Prescot of a British hot-air balloon are rescued March 7 in the Pacific Ocean by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) helicopter after abandoning their attempt to make the first nonstop circumnavigation of the world. The two were picked up unhurt shortly after the balloon landed some 80 kilometers south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The photo shows the balloon drifting at the mercy of the wind after landing in the sea in a bad weather.

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013. (Kyodo)

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Int'l panel agrees on looser regulations on tropical tuna fishing

Officials of Japan's Fisheries Agency hold a press conference in Manila after attending a meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission on Dec. 8, 2017. The commission adopted looser regulations on tropical tuna fishing in the western and central Pacific Ocean, following scientific studies suggesting that certain tuna varieties in the region are not overfished. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l panel agrees on looser regulations on tropical tuna fishing

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission holds an annual meeting in Manila on Dec. 7, 2017. The commission adopted a day later looser regulations on tropical tuna fishing in the western and central Pacific Ocean, following scientific studies suggesting that certain tuna varieties in the region are not overfished. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo