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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

The rocket "Tamouh-3" explodes during launch in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

The rocket "Tamouh-3" explodes during launch in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

A member of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team is seen after the launch failure of a rocket named "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rocket Tamouh-3 Explodes During Launch - Kuwait

Members of the Kuwait Space Rocket Team prepare for the launch of the rocket "Tamouh-3" in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, December 6, 2025. The Kuwait Space Rocket team said a small rocket it attempted to launch on Saturday morning exploded shortly after ignition in Jahra Governorate, with no injuries reported. The rocket, named "Tamouh-3," was approximately 3.2 meters long with a maximum thrust of around 12,000 newtons. It was equipped with GPS devices designed to record coordinates, speed, altitude, acceleration, and other flight data. According to the team, this was its fourth launch attempt. It said it will investigate the cause of the explosion while continuing its development efforts. Photo by Asad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel strike targets residential building in Syrian capital upscale neighborhood

STORY: Israel strike targets residential building in Syrian capital upscale neighborhood SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the residential building hit by Israeli missile STORYLINE: An Israeli missile strike hit a residential building in an upscale neighborhood in Syria's capital Damascus on Wednesday morning, state media and witnesses said. State news agency SANA said the strike hit a residential building in the Kafar Sousah neighborhood, providing no further details. Meanwhile, sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli attack targeted a residential apartment near the Cham City Center shopping mall and an Iranian school in Kafar Sousah. The missiles hit the fifth and fourth floors of the building, with preliminary information indicating injuries. Sources said Israel missile strikes have become a routine in Syria and hitting residential areas usually implies an assassination attempt. Xinh

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TYPHOON TALIM-2ND LANDFALL (CN)

(230718) -- QINZHOU, July 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers attempt to drain flood water in urban areas of Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on July 18, 2023. Typhoon Talim, the fourth typhoon this year, landed in the coastal area of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early Tuesday, the typhoon's second landfall in China after it first landed in Guangdong Province on Monday night. The typhoon landed at 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday in the city of Beihai in Guangxi, and reached the city of Qinzhou at 9 a.m., according to the regional meteorological bureau. The maximum wind speeds near the center of the typhoon reached 25 meters per second, and it is expected to move toward the northwest at a speed of 15 to 20 km per hour. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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Giant pandas' mating season concludes fruitless at Copenhagen Zoo

STORY: Giant pandas' mating season concludes fruitless at Copenhagen Zoo DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of giant pandas Xing Er and Mao Sun eating and playing together during their mating season in the Copenhagen Zoo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MADS FROST BERTELSEN, Zoological director at Copenhagen Zoo 3. various of Xing Er and Mao Sun during mating season at the Panda House in Copenhagen Zoo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MADS FROST BERTELSEN, Zoological director at Copenhagen Zoo 5. various of Xing Er and Mao Sun during mating season in the Panda House in Copenhagen Zoo 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MADS FROST BERTELSEN, Zoological director at Copenhagen Zoo 7. various of the pandas being isolated again after the end of the mating season this year and relaxing in their own enclosure STORYLINE: In the heart of Copenhagen Zoo, male panda Xing Er and female Mao Sun recently embarked on a unique journey towards parenthood, the fourth attempt si

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept. 18 Kyodo - Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan lands after his fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters.

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Germany beat Argentina to win World Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts after missing an attempt at goal from a free kick near the end of the second half of extra time during the World Cup final against Germany at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13, 2014. Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to win their fourth World Cup title.

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Mariners' Ichiro 2-for-5, 2 stolen bases against Royals

KANSAS CITY, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff batter Ichiro Suzuki bounces to the catcher in a failed base-hit bunt attempt in the fourth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on April 26, 2010. Ichiro went with 2-for-5 and two stolen bases in a 1-3 loss for the Mariners.

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Murakami wins javelin gold at Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - World bronze medalist Yukifumi Murakami competes in the javelin on the way to winning Japan's first gold medal in 22 years at the Asian championships at Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou on Nov. 14, 2009. Murakami threw an 81.50-meter effort on his fourth attempt to claim victory over China's Wang Qingbo (80.25) and Qin Qiang (80.08).

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Boxing: Yamanaka, Hasegawa set for world title doubleheader

Undated combined photo shows WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (L) and Hozumi Hasegawa, ranked fourth in the WBC super bantamweight division. Teiken Gym said on July 6, 2016 that Yamanaka will make his 11th defense against Anselmo Moreno of Panama, and Hasegawa will attempt to win a world title at a third different weight -- against champion Hugo Ruiz of Mexico at Edion Arena Osaka on Sept. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kasai 4th in World Cup jump as Slovenes sweep Sapporo

Veteran Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai makes his first attempt in a World Cup event in Sapporo on Jan. 30, 2016. Kasai ended in fourth, while Peter Prevc led a 1-2-3 Slovenian finish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mariners' Ichiro 2-for-5, 2 stolen bases against Royals

KANSAS CITY, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff batter Ichiro Suzuki bounces to the catcher in a failed base-hit bunt attempt in the fourth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on April 26, 2010. Ichiro went with 2-for-5 and two stolen bases in a 1-3 loss for the Mariners. (Kyodo)

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Anti-junta protest in Bangkok

Protesters attempt to remove a fence placed by police in Bangkok on May 22, 2018, the fourth anniversary of the Thai junta's 2014 coup, demanding that a general election be held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Anti-junta protest in Bangkok

Protesters attempt to remove a fence placed by police in Bangkok on May 22, 2018, the fourth anniversary of the Thai junta's 2014 coup, demanding that a general election be held. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani (R) of the Los Angeles Angels slides back to first base on a pick-off attempt in front of Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger in the fourth inning of a spring training game in Los Angeles on March 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Cup women's ski jumping

Sara Takanashi of Japan makes her second attempt at a World Cup ski jumping event in Zao, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2018. Takanashi finished fourth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Cup women's ski jumping

Sara Takanashi of Japan makes her first attempt at a World Cup ski jumping event in Zao, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2018. Takanashi went on to finish fourth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Cup women's ski jumping

Sara Takanashi of Japan makes her first attempt at a World Cup ski jumping event in Zao, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2018. Takanashi went on to finish fourth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dodgers beat Cubs in NLCS Game 2

Yasiel Puig of the Los Angeles Dodgers fails in an attempt to steal second base in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 2017. The Dodgers beat the Cubs 4-1 to take a 2-0 series lead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Composite photo shows Japan's Atsushi Yamamoto's fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan poses with his silver medal in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto recorded 6.62 meters in his fourth attempt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan poses with his silver medal in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto recorded 6.62 meters in his fourth attempt. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan jumps in his fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan jumps in his fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan jumps in his fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamamoto gets silver in men's T42 long jump at Rio Paralympics

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan jumps in his fourth attempt in the men's T42 long jump final at the Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 17, 2016. Yamamoto won the silver with a record of 6.62 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Murakami wins javelin gold at Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - World bronze medalist Yukifumi Murakami competes in the javelin on the way to winning Japan's first gold medal in 22 years at the Asian championships at Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou on Nov. 14, 2009. Murakami threw an 81.50-meter effort on his fourth attempt to claim victory over China's Wang Qingbo (80.25) and Qin Qiang (80.08). (Kyodo)