Heavy rains from Storm Efrain flooded metro stations in Madrid, Spain’s capital. Flooding alerts were issued in 35 provinces across the country. The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) had warned its citizens against floods caused by monsoon rains on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rain is expected to lose its impact over the weekend.
A landslide occurred at a camping area in Selangor state’s Batang Kali district, about 50 kilometers north of Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. At least 16 people were killed, including a 5-year-old boy, 7 others were taken to hospitals, and 17 people were still missing, a local official said, adding that an estimated 94 people were […]
A fire broke out in one of the machinery tunnels in the upper chamber of the Panama Canal’s Miraflores locks, according to a written statement issued by the Panama Canal Administration. The passage of ships through the canal’s Miraflores lock was temporarily halted as a security precaution, and the Panama Canal Fire Department responded to […]
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet crashed and hit its nose while making a vertical landing at the US naval airbase in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The pilot had ejected successfully from the plane, the jet’s manufacturer Lockheed Martin said, adding that it would investigate the incident. It was the third accident involving an F-35 […]
The Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video of a large Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded in a silo. The missile was located in the Kozelsky military district in the Kaluga oblast, southwest of Moscow. With a range of 7,500 miles, the Yars ballistic missile is estimated to carry an atomic bomb 12 times […]
A fire at an oil facility near Russia’s Irkutsk oblast killed 2 people and injured 4 others, according to Russian officials. The fire covered an area of 2,500 square meters, and the flames were brought under control after long efforts by the fire department, according to Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev. An investigation is still underway […]
The spacewalk of 2 cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station was aborted due to a coolant leak in the spacecraft, the Russian International Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported in a statement. The cosmonauts had planned to transfer some parts from the Mini Research Module 2 (Poisk) to the Nauka multipurpose […]
Life rafts carrying 66 refugees were rescued by Turkish Coast Guards off the coast of Çanakkale’s Ayvacık district after being pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek ships. Refugees were brought to the removal center in Ayvacık by the coast guards following official proceedings. A Turkish fisherman captured the incident, where refugees were pushed […]
A tornado hit Louisiana, one of the United States’ southern states. Three people were killed as a result of the severe storm that raged from the north to the south of the state, including New Orleans. More than 40,000 people in the state have been left without power. Collin Arnold, the city’s emergency director, reported extensive damage […]
The Libyan-Turkish Hospital, which opened on November 28 in Misrata, Libya, assists the health system’s survival after years of civil war in the country. The hospital has 13 clinics, 4 operating rooms, a 120-bed capacity, and a fully equipped ambulance service. Sevim Kara, nursing services manager of the hospital, said, “The entire team, in fact, […]