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(Reuters) – At least 74 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday, and militants kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and other cities in warfare showing no signs of ending soon. Eight Palestinian family members, including five children, were killed in an early morning air strike that destroyed at least two homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Palestinian Health ministry said. Israel’s […]
As Israeli aerial offensive continues on its third day, with tanks of the Israeli army reported to be seen approaching the border.
(Reuters) – Both candidates claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday, suggesting there could be a drawn out constitutional battle to decide who will next lead the world’s third-largest democracy. Just a few hours after voting closed, Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he had won, based on quick counts of more than 90 percent of the votes. A victory for him would be seen as a triumph for a new breed of politician […]
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Osaka, Japan were urged to evacuate their homes as powerful typhoon Neoguri brings torrential rains and powerful winds.
Israel launched more air strikes at the Gaza strip, injuring at least nine Palestinians.
The impartiality of Japan’s national broadcasting agency was questioned when it failed to report a protester’s action when he set himself on fire in protest of the change in Japan’s defense policy.
(Reuters) – Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to reach Tokyo later in the week. Typhoon Neoguri weakened from its original status as a super typhoon but remained intense, with gusts of more than 250 km per hour (155 mph). It was powering towards the Okinawa island chain where emergency rain and […]
Japan is preparing for the arrival of super typhoon Neoguri, with various activities being conducted to prepare for the onslaught of the super typhoon.
The Philippine embassy in Japan reminded Filipinos in the said country to prepare for the coming of super typhoon “Florita” which will be the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 15 years.
MANAGUA Mon Jul 7, 2014 10:39pm EDT (Reuters) – A Nicaraguan committee approved a proposed route on Monday for a $40 billion shipping channel across the Central American country that would compete with the Panama Canal. The committee of government officials, businessmen and academics approved a 172 mile (278 km) route from the mouth of the Brito river on the Pacific side to the Punto Gorda river on the Caribbean that was proposed by executives […]
By Isra’a al-Rubei’i and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD Mon Jul 7, 2014 10:23pm EDT (Reuters) – Iraq’s new parliament put off its next session for five weeks on Monday, extending the country’s political paralysis amid a Sunni Islamist insurgency that claimed the life of an army general near Baghdad. Citing the politicians’ failure to reach “understanding and agreement” on nominations for the top three posts in government, the office of acting speaker Mehdi al-Hafidh said parliament […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Allyn Fisher-Ilan GAZA/JERUSALEM Mon Jul 7, 2014 8:53pm EDT (Reuters) – Israel launched an aerial offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, bombing more than 30 targets including homes and calling it part of a campaign named “Operation Protective Edge” targeting Hamas Islamist militants firing rockets at the Jewish state. The military urged Israelis within a 40-km (24-mile) radius of the southern coastal territory to stay within reach of protected areas […]
