Indonesia plans cloud seeding to halt rain as floods death toll hits 30
Indonesia will carry out cloud seeding on Friday in a bid to prevent further rainfall over the capital Jakarta, after deadly flash floods and landslides following some of the heaviest rains in more than 20 years.
Australian tennis tournament relocated due to bushfire threat
A professional tennis tournament scheduled to take place in Canberra next week has been moved to the city of Bendigo because of the likelihood of disruption caused by smoke from the bushfires raging around southeast Australia.
Australian Prime Minister jeered by angry bushfire victims
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced enraged hecklers and an angry firefighter in a town ravaged by bushfires, piling pressure on the leader amid an unprecedented crisis that has killed at least 18 people.
Iran’s Soleimani and Iraq’s Muhandis killed in U.S. air strike: militia spokesman
Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed early on Friday in an air strike on their convoy at Baghdad airport, an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters.
Iran’s Soleimani and Iraq’s Muhandis killed in air strike: militia spokesman
Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport, an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters.
Strikes against two targets linked to Iran: U.S. officials
Strikes have been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday, U.S. officials told Reuters.
Iraqi paramilitary groups: five members, two ‘guests’ killed in Baghdad airport attack
Iraqi paramilitary groups said five of their members and two “guests” were killed in an air strike on their vehicles inside Baghdad International Airport, militia sources reported on early Friday, after Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced that three k…
Rockets fall on Baghdad airport, Popular Mobilization Forces says official killed
Three Katyusha rockets fell on Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military-run Security Media Cell said early on Friday.
Australians flee massive bushfires as new fire threat looms
The Australian navy on Friday began the evacuations of some of the thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales (N…
U.S. slaps sanctions on Cuba defense minister over support for Venezuela’s Maduro
The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Cuba’s defense minister, accusing him of human rights violations and supporting socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
