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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Presidential election votings start in Finland

STORY: Presidential election votings start in Finland SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 28, 2024/earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Helsinki CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a polling station 2. various of posters of candidates (earlier footage) STORYLINE: Finland's presidential election kicked off on Sunday as polling stations opened at 9 a.m. local time (0700 GMT). Finns are going to cast their votes until 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) to elect a president for a six-year term. Nine candidates are contesting to be the successor to the incumbent, Sauli Niinisto. After two terms in the presidency, he is not running. According to Finland's constitution, the president can be elected to only two consecutive terms. If none of the candidates receives more than half of the votes in the first round, a second round will be held between the top two runners on Feb. 11. The presidential candidate of the National Coalition, former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, and independent Green candidate, forme

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Finnish-born Marutei Tsurunen retains upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a Finnish-born Japanese citizen, retains his seat for a second six-year term in the July 29 election for the upper chamber of parliament. Tsurunen, 67, contested in the nationwide proportional representation portion of the election on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket. The photo shows Tsurunen taking part in deliberations at the House of Councillors Defense Committee on May 22.

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Funaki rides luck to end World Cup victory drought

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki ended a six-year victory drought on the World Cup circuit on Feb. 5 at a Sapporo meet. Funaki, mired in a slump after his gold-medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, topped the field with 144.0 points after the first round of jumps at the Okurayama hill and the result became the final one as the second round was canceled due to inclement weather.

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Funaki rides luck to end World Cup victory drought

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Kazuyoshi Funaki ended a six-year victory drought on the World Cup circuit on Feb. 5 at a Sapporo meet. Funaki, mired in a slump after his gold-medal performance at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, topped the field with 144.0 points after the first round of jumps at the Okurayama hill and the result became the final one as the second round was canceled due to inclement weather. (Kyodo)

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Stanislav Krecek

***FILE PHOTO*** The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, elected former deputy ombudsman Stanislav Krecek, 81, as the new ombudsman in the second round of a secret ballot on February 12, 2020, lower house election commission head Martin Kolovratnik has told MPs. Krecek, nominated by President Milos Zeman, received 91 out of 175 votes. He will replace Ombudsman Anna Sabatova, whose six-year mandate expires next week. Krecek's rival candidate was lawyer Vit Alexander Schorm, the government representative at the European Court of Human Rights, nominated by the Senate. Schorm was supported by 53 MPs in the second round. *** New Deputy Ombudsman Stanislav Krecek poses on April 11, 2013, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Stanislav Krecek

***FILE PHOTO*** The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, elected former deputy ombudsman Stanislav Krecek, 81, as the new ombudsman in the second round of a secret ballot on February 12, 2020, lower house election commission head Martin Kolovratnik has told MPs. Krecek, nominated by President Milos Zeman, received 91 out of 175 votes. He will replace Ombudsman Anna Sabatova, whose six-year mandate expires next week. Krecek's rival candidate was lawyer Vit Alexander Schorm, the government representative at the European Court of Human Rights, nominated by the Senate. Schorm was supported by 53 MPs in the second round. *** New Deputy Ombudsman Stanislav Krecek poses on April 11, 2013, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Stanislav Krecek

***FILE PHOTO*** The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, elected former deputy ombudsman Stanislav Krecek, 81, as the new ombudsman in the second round of a secret ballot on February 12, 2020, lower house election commission head Martin Kolovratnik has told MPs. Krecek, nominated by President Milos Zeman, received 91 out of 175 votes. He will replace Ombudsman Anna Sabatova, whose six-year mandate expires next week. Krecek's rival candidate was lawyer Vit Alexander Schorm, the government representative at the European Court of Human Rights, nominated by the Senate. Schorm was supported by 53 MPs in the second round. *** New Deputy Ombudsman Stanislav Krecek poses on April 11, 2013, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Stanislav Krecek

***FILE PHOTO*** The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, elected former deputy ombudsman Stanislav Krecek, 81, as the new ombudsman in the second round of a secret ballot on February 12, 2020, lower house election commission head Martin Kolovratnik has told MPs. Krecek, nominated by President Milos Zeman, received 91 out of 175 votes. He will replace Ombudsman Anna Sabatova, whose six-year mandate expires next week. Krecek's rival candidate was lawyer Vit Alexander Schorm, the government representative at the European Court of Human Rights, nominated by the Senate. Schorm was supported by 53 MPs in the second round. *** New Deputy Ombudsman Stanislav Krecek poses on April 11, 2013, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)