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US: Bright Streak Observed Over California as SpaceX Crew-11 Re-enters

A bright streak was observed across the night sky over Southern California early Thursday, January 15 as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts made its fiery re-entry before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The capsule returned NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, ending the Crew-11 mission about a month early due to a non-emergency medical condition affecting one crew member. NASA said the astronaut was stable and brought back to Earth for further evaluation.

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilians Flee Aleppo Amid Kurdish-Government Clashes - Syria

Syrian civil defence rescuers assist residents fleeing from the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria on January 8, 2026, amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's government on January 7, 2026, demanded that Kurdish fighters leave the neighbourhoods they control in Aleppo following clashes between the two sides which saw thousands of civilians flee. The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces traded blame over who started the deadly clashes on January 6, which killed 16 civilians and one defence ministry member. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palace Lantern Factory - China

A staff member sells Gaocheng palace lanterns via live-streaming at a sales outlet in Tuntou Villiage, Gaocheng District of Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, on December 10, 2025. Gaocheng palace lantern is one of Hebei's provincial intangible cultural heritage items. Photo by Zhang Xiaofeng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gaza Journalist Killed In Drone Strike

(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Mourners stand in rows before the bodies of Palestinians laid on stretchers ahead of a funeral prayer in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on December 2, 2025. One of the victims is Palestinian press member Mahmud Wadi, who was killed in an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle strike; relatives and colleagues gathered after collecting his body from Nasser Hospital. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A family member offloads belongings in a newly formed encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A family member offloads belongings in a newly formed encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries belongings across an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries belongings across an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries a wooden doorframe while assembling a shelter in a newly established encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries a wooden panel in an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries a wooden panel in an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of the Mleihat family carries wooden planks as a child walks nearby in an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

A member of Mleihat family stands beside their belongings in an encampment in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The Mleihat family, repeatedly displaced since the Nakba, was forced to leave the nearby Al-Awsaj community after renewed pressure and incursions. Their expulsion is part of a wider pattern in the Jordan Valley, where more than one hundred Palestinian Bedouin communities have been uprooted in recent years. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli Strike Hits Car Killing 1 And Injuring 5 - Lebanon

People check the wreckage of a car damaged in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, Lebanon, Nov. 22, 2025. One person was killed and five others were injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources. According to the Lebanese Public Health Ministry, one strike on a car in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, killed a citizen. A Lebanese security source told Xinhua that the dead is a Hezbollah member named Kamel Rida Qarnabesh. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Israeli Strike Hits Car Killing 1 And Injuring 5 - Lebanon

This photo shows the wreckage of a car damaged in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, Lebanon, Nov. 22, 2025. One person was killed and five others were injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources. According to the Lebanese Public Health Ministry, one strike on a car in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, killed a citizen. A Lebanese security source told Xinhua that the dead is a Hezbollah member named Kamel Rida Qarnabesh. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Israeli Strike Hits Car Killing 1 And Injuring 5 - Lebanon

A man checks the wreckage of a car damaged in Israeli airstrikes in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, Lebanon, Nov. 22, 2025. One person was killed and five others were injured on Saturday in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources. According to the Lebanese Public Health Ministry, one strike on a car in eastern Zawtar, Nabatieh district, killed a citizen. A Lebanese security source told Xinhua that the dead is a Hezbollah member named Kamel Rida Qarnabesh. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Maintenance Performance On Aircraft - China

A staff member of the Grand China Aviation Maintenance Co., Ltd. under the HNA Technic performs maintenance on an aircraft at the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, on Nov. 21, 2025. The Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP) One-Stop Aircraft Maintenance Base, which started operation in 2022, has performed maintenance service on more than 2,400 aircraft, completed full-body painting for over 280 aircraft, and repaired about 60,000 aircraft components as of the end of October this year. The maintenance base has drawn global clients like Qatar Airways, Royal Air Philippines and Iberia. Under the Hainan FTP's favorable regulations, aircraft entering the region for maintenance are exempt from paying security deposits, and parts imported for repair benefit from a bonded status. The policy support is expected to be amplified following the FTP's official launch of island-wide independent customs operations on Dec. 18. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRES

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Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

KYOTO, Japan, Oct. 9 Kyodo - Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa receives flowers from a university staff member in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas. (Kyodo)

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Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (R) receives flowers from a university staff member in the western Japan city on Oct. 9, 2025, a day after being named one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

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Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

A staff member selects photovoltaic panels to be sent to a photovoltaic power station in Cele County of Hotan Prefecture, at the workshop of a new energy company in Ruoqiang County, Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 22, 2025. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects. A 750-kilovolt (kV) "power expressway loop," the country's largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as wind and solar power. It transmits over 270 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity to other regions. Besides, an increasing number of companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, driving the region's green development.

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Xinjiang Clean Energy Development - China

Sheep forage as a staff member patrols the power lines of the Changji-Guquan 1100 kV ultra-high voltage direct current power transmission project in the Kazak Autonomous County of Mori, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 6, 2025. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects. A 750-kilovolt (kV) "power expressway loop," the country's largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as wind and solar power. It transmits over 270 billion kilowatt-hours of green electricity to other regions. Besides, an increasing number of companies are developing clean energy in Xinjiang, driving the region's green development. The categories of new energy equipment manufact

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Oktoberfest in Munich

A staff member carries cups of beer at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, September 20, 2025. The 190th Oktoberfest, one of the largest folk festivals in Germany, opened on Saturday in Munich, with mayor Dieter Reiter tapping the first barrel of beer as a tradition. This year's festival will last until Oct. 5. Photo by Zhang Haofu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Clement Tery attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Louis Farge attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Clement Tery attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Yannick Choirat attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Sofia Essaidi attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Yannick Choirat attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Sofia Essaidi attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Yannick Choirat attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Clement Tery attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Louis Farge attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Yannick Choirat attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Louis Farge attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Sofia Essaidi attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Juliette Sol attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival : Day One

Jury member, Alice Chegaray-Breugnot attends the Jury photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 16, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM