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Aid Packages Are Airdropped Over The Gaza Strip - Palestine

Aid packages are airdropped over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israeli border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2025. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that 106 aid packages were airdropped throughout the Gaza Strip by six countries. For the first time, Greece and Italy participated in the air operation, cooperating with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to the statement. Since the resumption of the international airdrop operation in late July, 11 countries have taken part, providing more than 1,100 aid packages to the Gaza Strip so far. Photo by Jamal Awad /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aid Packages Are Airdropped Over The Gaza Strip - Palestine

Aid packages are airdropped over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israeli border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2025. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that 106 aid packages were airdropped throughout the Gaza Strip by six countries. For the first time, Greece and Italy participated in the air operation, cooperating with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to the statement. Since the resumption of the international airdrop operation in late July, 11 countries have taken part, providing more than 1,100 aid packages to the Gaza Strip so far. Photo by Jamal Awad /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aid Packages Are Airdropped Over The Gaza Strip - Palestine

Aid packages are airdropped over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israeli border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2025. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that 106 aid packages were airdropped throughout the Gaza Strip by six countries. For the first time, Greece and Italy participated in the air operation, cooperating with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to the statement. Since the resumption of the international airdrop operation in late July, 11 countries have taken part, providing more than 1,100 aid packages to the Gaza Strip so far. Photo by Jamal Awad /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aid Packages Are Airdropped Over The Gaza Strip - Palestine

Aid packages are airdropped over the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israeli border with Gaza, on Aug. 9, 2025. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Saturday that 106 aid packages were airdropped throughout the Gaza Strip by six countries. For the first time, Greece and Italy participated in the air operation, cooperating with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Germany, and the Netherlands, according to the statement. Since the resumption of the international airdrop operation in late July, 11 countries have taken part, providing more than 1,100 aid packages to the Gaza Strip so far. Photo by Jamal Awad /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240811) -- BEIJING, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- The coffin of the late Philippine police officer Nelson G. Santiago is carried to the graveyard at Teresa town in Rizal province, the Philippines, Aug. 10, 2024. The funeral of Philippine police officer Nelson G. Santiago, who lost his life in a rescue operation for two abducted Chinese nationals, was held Saturday at Teresa town in Rizal province, east of Manila. On Saturday, the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines sent representatives to Santiago's home to offer condolences. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Nie Xiaoyang)

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, widow of Keiji Nakazawa, is seen in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on June 11, 2013, sitting in front of magazines and other publications that carried her late husband's manga series "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)." The series describes the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Japanese chef returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Kenji Fujimoto, Japanese sushi chef to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing airport from Pyongyang on Aug. 4, 2012, en route back to Japan, after wrapping up a two-week trip to North Korea. Fujimoto said current leader Kim Jong Un gave him a warm welcome in their first reunion in 11 years and that he also met with the young leader's wife Ri Sol Ju, whom he described as "pretty and charming."

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Japanese chef returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Kenji Fujimoto, Japanese sushi chef to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, meets journalists upon his arrival at Beijing airport from Pyongyang on Aug. 4, 2012, en route back to Japan, after wrapping up a two-week trip to North Korea. Fujimoto said current leader Kim Jong Un gave him a warm welcome in their first reunion in 11 years and that he also met with the young leader's wife Ri Sol Ju, whom he described as "pretty and charming."

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko (C) of the Democratic Party of Japan receives applause from fellow DPJ members belonging to a faction he leads, at a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2011. Tarutoko's aides said the same day that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August.

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Shinji Tarutoko of the Democratic Party of Japan. Tarutoko's aides said on Aug. 11, 2011 that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August.

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Zenshoku restaurant chain resumes using U.S. beef

OSAKA, Japan - Guests enjoy eating an Osaka barbecur restaurant as restaurant chain operator Zenshoku Co. restarted offering dishes using U.S. beef at its 57 shops in Tokyo and 11 of the nation's 47 prefectures on Aug. 29. Zenshoku has become the first major restaurant chain in Japan to serve U.S. beef since the government removed its import ban on American beef in late July.

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Photos on Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. shown in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - A photo exhibition in Kabul on the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States has drawn a number of visitors since it opened late last month. The exhibition at Afghanistan's National Museum is supported by the U.S. Department of State, which helped Kabul reconstruct the museum. The photo was taken on Aug. 6.

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Koizumi may visit Yasukuni on day other than Aug. 15

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taku Yamasaki talks to reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi late evening Aug. 11. Yamasaki said the prime minister may visit Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine on a day other t

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Kato urges Koizummi to move up date of shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters following his three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi late Aug. 11. Kato said he asked Koizumi to move up the date of his planned visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

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Thailand announces 1st policy rate hike in over 3 years to contain inflation

STORY: Thailand announces 1st policy rate hike in over 3 years to contain inflation DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside of Thailand's central bank 2. various of Thai bank 3. various of supermarket in Bangkok 4. various of port, containers 5. various of manufacturing plants STORYLINE: Thailand's central bank announced on Wednesday to raise the key policy rate by 0.25 percentage point, its first rate hike since late 2018, to contain the rising inflation. The Bank of Thailand (BOT) monetary policy committee voted 6-1 to raise the policy rate from 0.50 percent to 0.75 percent, effective immediately. The country's first policy rate hike in more than three years came as its economic recovery continued to strengthen while inflation growth stayed at high levels. The committee expected the Thai economy to continue recovering with strong momentum because of a larger-than-expected number of foreign tourist arrivals following the rela

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Libya celebrates 82nd anniversary of army establishment

STORY: Libya celebrates 82nd anniversary of army establishment DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the military parade STORYLINE: A celebration of the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Libyan national army was held on Tuesday in the capital Tripoli. Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, President of the Presidency Council Mohamed Menfi, and other senior officials and foreign mission representatives to Libya attended the ceremony. The celebration included parades of the army, marine, air force, and border control troops. Ever since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya has been suffering insecurity and division of the institution between the east and the west, including the military institution. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tripoli. (XHTV)

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Zenshoku restaurant chain resumes using U.S. beef

OSAKA, Japan - Guests enjoy eating an Osaka barbecur restaurant as restaurant chain operator Zenshoku Co. restarted offering dishes using U.S. beef at its 57 shops in Tokyo and 11 of the nation's 47 prefectures on Aug. 29. Zenshoku has become the first major restaurant chain in Japan to serve U.S. beef since the government removed its import ban on American beef in late July. (Kyodo)

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Photos on Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. shown in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - A photo exhibition in Kabul on the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States has drawn a number of visitors since it opened late last month. The exhibition at Afghanistan's National Museum is supported by the U.S. Department of State, which helped Kabul reconstruct the museum. The photo was taken on Aug. 6.(Kyodo)

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Kato urges Koizummi to move up date of shrine visit

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to reporters following his three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi late Aug. 11. Kato said he asked Koizumi to move up the date of his planned visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.

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Farmer grows Japanese apples in northern Pakistani village

A Pakistani farmer stands in his orchard which grows a Japanese variety of apples in Mor Khun, a Hunza Valley village in the country's north, on Aug. 11, 2016. Cultivation of Japanese-variety apples began in the area in the late 2000s after Japanese diplomats in Pakistan brought saplings from a town in Nagano Prefecture, a leading apple-producing region in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pakistani farmer grows Japanese apples

A Pakistani farmer (C) poses with his family members in his orchard which grows Japanese variety apples in Mor Khun, a Hunza Valley village in the country's north, on Aug. 11, 2016. Cultivation of Japanese variety apples began in the area in the late 2000s after Japanese diplomats in Pakistan brought saplings from a town in Nagano Prefecture, a leading apple-producing region in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Shinji Tarutoko (C) of the Democratic Party of Japan receives applause from fellow DPJ members belonging to a faction he leads, at a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 11, 2011. Tarutoko's aides said the same day that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August. (Kyodo)

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Tarutoko plans candidacy for DPJ leadership

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Shinji Tarutoko of the Democratic Party of Japan. Tarutoko's aides said on Aug. 11, 2011 that the fifth-term lower house member, the former chairman of the DPJ's Diet Affairs Committee, plans to run in the governing party's leadership election, expected to be called in late August. (Kyodo)

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Protest against U.S. base transfer in Okinawa

People offer a silent prayer to the late governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, at a gathering held in Naha city on Aug. 11, 2018 in protest against the Japanese government's controversial relocation of a U.S. air base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. base transfer in Okinawa

People shed tears upon hearing a message from the late governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, at a gathering held in Naha city on Aug. 11, 2018 in protest against the Japanese government's controversial relocation of a U.S. air base within the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. base transfer in Okinawa

People offer a silent prayer to the late governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, at a gathering held in Naha city on Aug. 11, 2018 in protest against the Japanese government's controversial relocation of a U.S. air base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against U.S. base transfer in Okinawa

Takeharu Onaga, second son of the late governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, delivers a speech at a gathering held in Naha city on Aug. 11, 2018 in protest against the Japanese government's controversial relocation of a U.S. air base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo