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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Faithful Faces At The Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A young faithful holds a photo of late Pope Francis during the funeral procession arrives at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Faithful Faces At The Funeral Of Pope Francis - Vatican

A young faithful holds a photo of late Pope Francis during the funeral procession arrives at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis died on April 21st at the age of 88. Born in Argentina as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he was the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to become Pope when elected in 2013. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he promoted a more humble version of the papacy than many of his predecessors. He will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Photo by CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects

STORY: Turkish police detain 14 IS suspects SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in simultaneous operations in four provinces of Türkiye (source: Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in operations in four provinces, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya said on social media platform X that the police detained six suspects in Yalova province, five in Eskisehir province, two in Gaziantep province, and one in Samsun province. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. Türkiye has stepped up operations against IS terrorists after the group attacked an Istanbul church in late January, killing a civilian during Sunday

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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ALPS at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows the inside of multi-nuclide removal equipment called ALPS, intended to remove most radioactive materials from contaminated water, at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO said Sept. 30, 2013, it has resumed operation of ALPS following its suspension late in the previous week.

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Poet To dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in April 2003 shows Kazuko To, a prize-winning poet and former leprosy sufferer, who died of acute respiratory failure at a sanatorium in Kagawa Prefecture on Aug. 28, 2013, at age 83. To, who developed leprosy in 1942, was isolated at the sanatorium even from family members and friends at the age of 14. She engaged in poetry writing from her late 20s and her poems written amid discrimination against leprosy sufferers were highly acclaimed.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holding a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, giving a speech in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holds a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. A strong backer of President Barack Obama, Kennedy will become ambassador to Japan, sources close to Japan-U.S. relations said July 12, 2013.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of cables cut and hanging down from overhead at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of overhead cables cut by thieves at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Japan's participation in TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese senior vice minister for economic and fiscal policy Yasutoshi Nishimura holds a press conference in Washington on April 30, 2013. Nishimura indicated that Japan is unlikely to be allowed to fully participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks in late July.

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Lower house OKs ratification of int'l child custody pact

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on April 23, 2013, shortly after unanimous approval of Japan's ratification of an international treaty to help settle cross-border child custody disputes, paving the way for passage through the Diet in late May. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction sets out the rules and procedures for the prompt return of children under 16, taken or retained by one parent following the failure of an international marriage, to the country of their habitual residence if requested by the other parent.

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S. Korean foreign minister cancels Japan trip

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se. Yun has canceled his scheduled trip to Japan in late April 2013, a South Korean Foreign Ministry official said April 22, in the wake of controversial visits by Japanese Cabinet members to the Yasukuni war shrine.

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Sumo meet in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) promotes a Japanese sumo tournament to be held in late August 2013 in Jakarta during a press conference in the Indonesian capital on April 18, 2013.

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Pyongyang on anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers lay flowers on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and his son and late leader Kim Jong Il stand, on the morning of April 15, 2013, the 101st anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung.

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Pyongyang on anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers lay flowers on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and his son and late leader Kim Jong Il stand, on the morning of April 15, 2013, the 101st anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung.

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Pyongyang before 101st anniv. of Kim Il Sung's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to bronze statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son and late leader Kim Jong Il, at the Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang on April 14, 2013, a day before the 101st anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung.

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Ball signed by Babe Ruth

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo shows a ball signed by the late U.S. slugger Babe Ruth during his visit to Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1934. The ball will be displayed every Thursday from April 18, 2013, at Nichiro Building in the city.

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Conductor Seiji Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa holds a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on April 3, 2013. Ozawa said he will take to the podium for two concerts in late July given by a chamber music ensemble of young string players from Asia.

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

Photo taken Dec. 25, 2013, shows critic and journalist Takashi Tachibana giving an interview in Tokyo. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing a bribery scandal involving the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the 1970s, died of acute coronary syndrome aged 80 on April 30, 2021.