Palestinian death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza rises to 15: statement

STORY: Palestinian death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Gaza rises to 15: statement DATELINE: May 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (ARABIC): MAHMOUD AL-ZAQQ, Senior official in Gaza 3. various of the funeral in Gaza STORYLINE: The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday have killed 15 Palestinians and wounded 22 others, said the Gaza-based Ministry of Health run by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The ministry said in a press statement that among those killed included four children and five women, while seven of the 22 injured were in serious condition. During predawn hours of Tuesday, Israeli unmanned drones and fighter jets carried out simultaneous raids on several buildings in Gaza, killing three senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement's armed wing. The joint chamber of military operations of Palestinian factions said in a press statement that it "mourns a constella

At least 10 dead, 25 injured in Peru bus crash

STORY: At least 10 dead, 25 injured in Peru bus crash DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Lima CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of rescue workers saving people STORYLINE: At least 10 people were killed and another 25 injured in the predawn hours of Monday after a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged into a river in Peru's department of Lima. The accident occurred around 2:30 a.m. at kilometer 109 of the Central Highway, the head of the Highway Protection Division of the Peruvian National Police, Col. Victor Meza, said, according to state news agency Andina. The bus had set out from the central department of Huanuco at 8:00 p.m. Sunday and was on its way to Lima when it ran off a cliff and plunged some seven meters before landing upside down in the Rimac River. According to the Peruvian radio station Radio Programas del Peru, the bus was carrying some 60 passengers, including six minors, three of whom were injured, with one having been admitt

Report on U.S. base relocation

Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - A pro-democracy protester holds up a sign in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters wear helmets and masks to protect themselves as they face police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Police officers stand by a pile of umbrellas seized from pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters confront police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters confront police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area.

H.K. pro-democracy protesters

H.K. pro-democracy protesters

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, China, again gather in the shopping district of Mongkok on Oct. 17, 2014, although police removed their barricades in the predawn hours. Calling for a more democratic way to elect the territory's leader in 2017, student-led political activists started their "Occupy Central" campaign Sept. 28.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (L) and Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito shake hands at the Kagoshima prefectural government office in the city of Kagoshima on Feb. 26, 2014, prior to their talks. Kennedy will visit Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture to watch the launch of an H2A rocket in the predawn hours of Feb. 28.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (C) talks with senior high school students at the Kagoshima prefectural government office in the city of Kagoshima on Feb. 26, 2014. Kennedy will visit Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture to watch the launch of an H2A rocket in the predawn hours of Feb. 28.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (L) and Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito hold talks at the Kagoshima prefectural government office in the city of Kagoshima on Feb. 26, 2014. Kennedy will visit Tanegashima Space Center in the prefecture to watch the launch of an H2A rocket in the predawn hours of Feb. 28.

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Police officers stand at the entrance of a street leading to a compound where Osama bin Laden had lived on May 2, 2011. The leader of the al-Qaida international terrorist network was killed by U.S. commandos in the predawn hours of the same day during a raid on the compound in the city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers northeast of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

Hot water festival

Hot water festival

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Some 60 almost naked young men splash each other with hot water while cheering in the predawn hours in a ''hot water festival'' at a hot spring resort in the town of Naganohara, Japan, on Jan. 20, 2011. The festival, intended to wish for the prosperity of the local community, is said to originate in the legend that a dried-up hot spring started to discharge hot water again after local residents dedicated a chicken some 400 years ago. The area would be submerged if the controversial Yamba Dam project goes ahead.

Japan's disaster relief team arrives in China's Chengdu

Japan's disaster relief team arrives in China's Chengdu

CHENGDU, China - Japan's emergency disaster relief team arrives in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, an area hard hit by a devastating earthquake, during the predawn hours on May 16. The Chinese government said more than 50,000 people are feared dead in the wake of the massive earthquake in the country's southwest region on May 12. (Kyodo)

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Police officers stand at the entrance of a street leading to a compound where Osama bin Laden had lived on May 2, 2011. The leader of the al-Qaida international terrorist network was killed by U.S. commandos in the predawn hours of the same day during a raid on the compound in the city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers northeast of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. (Kyodo)

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Police officers stand by a pile of umbrellas seized from pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area. (Kyodo)

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

Violence erupts in H.K. protests

HONG KONG, HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters confront police officers in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong in the predawn hours of Oct. 19, 2014. Protesters and police clashed for a second consecutive night in the area. (Kyodo)

H.K. pro-democracy protesters

H.K. pro-democracy protesters

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, China, again gather in the shopping district of Mongkok on Oct. 17, 2014, although police removed their barricades in the predawn hours. Calling for a more democratic way to elect the territory's leader in 2017, student-led political activists started their "Occupy Central" campaign Sept. 28. (Kyodo)

Report on U.S. base relocation

Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce. (Kyodo)

Hot water festival

Hot water festival

NAGANOHARA, Japan - Some 60 almost naked young men splash each other with hot water while cheering in the predawn hours in a ''hot water festival'' at a hot spring resort in the town of Naganohara, Japan, on Jan. 20, 2011. The festival, intended to wish for the prosperity of the local community, is said to originate in the legend that a dried-up hot spring started to discharge hot water again after local residents dedicated a chicken some 400 years ago. The area would be submerged if the controversial Yamba Dam project goes ahead. (Kyodo)