Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! event in Zaporizhzhia

Dont Be Silent! Captivity Kills! event in Zaporizhzhia

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - JUNE 23, 2024 - An activist carries a placard reading Waiting for Son from Captivity for Three Years as demonstrators campaign for captive military personnel of the Mariupol Garrison, other prisoners of war and missing persons, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade

STORY: Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:26 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi citizens casting their votes in the provincial elections in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraq on Monday held provincial elections in 15 of the country's 18 provinces after a 10-year hiatus over political differences. Voting began after 7:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when 7,166 polling centers opened under tight security measures as Iraqis voted in Baghdad and other cities in all provinces excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, about 16 million people are eligible to vote in the provincial elections, including the security personnel and internally displaced persons who had cast their votes in early voting two days ago. On Saturday last week, the electoral commission said in a press conference that the turnout of early vot

2 men survive private plane crash in Kyushu

2 men survive private plane crash in Kyushu

KUMA, Japan - Tomoki Kaneko, 17, one of two men who survived a plane crash in Kumamoto Prefecture on Jan. 5, is being carried to a hospital after he rushed to a house in the village of Kuma to ask for help. The Cesna 172P plane carrying Kaneko and three other persons apparently crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Kagoshima airport.

2 men survive private plane crash in Kyushu

2 men survive private plane crash in Kyushu

KUMA, Japan - Tomoki Kaneko, 17, one of two men who survived a plane crash in Kumamoto Prefecture on Jan. 5, is being carried to a hospital after he rushed to a house in the village of Kuma to ask for help. The Cesna 172P plane carrying Kaneko and three other persons apparently crash-landed shortly after takeoff from Kagoshima airport.

Four held in SDF data leakage case

Four held in SDF data leakage case

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeharu Oku, 54, a former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer, is escorted to the Nakahara Police Station in Kawasaki on Nov. 4 after being arrested on suspicion of attempting to blackmail Fujitsu Ltd. into buying back leaked computerized data on the SDF. Three other persons were arrested for their involvement in the case. (Kyodo)