One Dead as Suicide Blast Targets NATO Convoy in Kabul
KABUL: A suicide bomber targeted an NATO convoy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, killing an Afghan civilian but causing no casualties among foreign troops, officials said. The explosion struck around dawn in Kabul’s east, on the road to the city of Jalalabad, Afghan... read more »
Typhoon Vongfong Lashes Southern Japan
TOKYO—Typhoon Vongfong reached Japan’s main islands Monday morning, bringing heavy winds and rain to southern and western parts of Japan, prompting evacuation advisories for more than 400,000 people and disrupting transportation networks. Vongfong reached the southern island of Kyushu after 8... read more »
Typhoon Vongfong lashes Japan; 35 people hurt
A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan’s southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. At least 35 people have been reported injured in Okinawa and Kyushu, where authorities told 150,000 people to... read more »
US concerned over Kobani, will take time to confront Islamic State, says US...
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States was deeply concerned about what he called the “tragedy” in the Syrian town of Kobani, where Islamic State fighters have been tightening their grip. Speaking at a conference in Cairo on the rebuilding of Gaza, Kerry... read more »
Earthquake in southern Peru; at least 8 killed
At least eight people were killed by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake that hit rural southern Peru over the weekend, emergency authorities said on Sunday as the search for victims continued. The... read more »
Crackdown on Protests by Hong Kong Police Draws More to the Streets
HONG KONG — Downtown Hong Kong turned into a battlefield of tear gas and seething crowds on Sunday after the police moved against a student democracy protest, inciting public fury that... read more »
More IS Targets Hit in Syria
A monitoring group said U.S.-led airstrikes have hit Islamic State militant sites in at least two Syrian provinces overnight. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said... read more »
More than 30 feared dead on Japan’s Mount Ontake after volcano erupts
TOKYO — More than 30 hikers were feared dead Sunday, a day after a volcano in Japan erupted without warning, spewing ash and rocks down slopes crowded with people on a sunny autumn... read more »
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday at a ceremony in the presidential palace marking the end of Hamid Karzai’s 13-year rule since the fall of the Taliban... read more »
