More than 200 people lost their lives on Thursday during the MV Nyerere ferry on Lake Victoria in Tanzania, but one man miraculously survived two frightened days in the hull of the capsized ship.

Christine Blasey Ford, who says he has been abused by US candidate chief judge Brett Kavanaugh, will give a testimony on Thursday morning for a US Senate commission. That's what her lawyers said on Sunday.

The chief of the German intelligence service BfV, Hans-Georg Maassen, who had to leave following controversial statements about disturbances in Chemnitz, does not become a state secretary. This apparently has an important point of conflict between CDU, CSU and SPD. The German news agency DPA has heard about this in coalition circles.

The London police arrested a man at Buckingham Palace on Sunday afternoon carrying a power surge weapon, a so-called taser.

Norway has arrested a Russian on suspicion of espionage, reported the Norwegian press agency NTB on the basis of the security service PST.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Sunday, Nikki Haley rejected Iranian accusations against the US after the deadly attack on a military parade. According to Haley, the Iranian leaders should look closer to home.

In the first weekend of the Oktoberfest in Munich, it is estimated that more than 800,000 visitors have come to the festival. That was considerably more than in 2017, when it was about 600,000.

Afghans who worked for the German army in their own country want permission to travel to Germany. Some 120 former employees of the Bundeswehr have been demonstrating for weeks at a German army camp at Mazar-i-Sharif to reinforce their claim.

At least fourteen civilians were killed by an attack by rebels in the Congolese Ebola region. The fighting in the eastern city of Beni lasted about six hours, local officials told Reuters news agency. Dozens of civilians were injured.

The emergency services in the American state of North Carolina have found hundreds of dead fish on a motorway. The road flooded when Hurricane Florence drew across the state, reports American media.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has left for the United States. He will personally discuss President Donald Trump about his recent summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, news agency Yonhap. The South Korean will also address the UN General Assembly.

Israel has allowed residents of Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar to voluntarily dismantle their settlement until October. If this does not happen, then the Israeli authorities themselves take action to remove the buildings.

A New Zealand supermarket chain has raised alarms after needles were found in strawberries. The relevant fruit brand is removed from the shelves, the newspaper The New Zealand Herald reports. The company Countdown advises customers from Australia to cut strawberries for safety.

Nepal appears to be the first country to achieve the so-called TX2 target: a doubling of the wild tiger population in 2022. Since 2009, the number of tigers in the Himalayan state has increased from 121 to about 235. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced this on Sunday..

Ships from several countries are in a race against time to save a wounded solo sailor. Indian Navy officer Abhilash Tomy participated in the Golden Globe Race, according to CNN, when his boat ran into trouble at some 3300 kilometers southwest of the Australian city of Perth.

The summit of the largest British opposition party Labor is prepared to work for a new referendum on British membership of the EU. A condition is that the members of the party request a new plebiscite, reports British media.

The publisher, the director and editor-in-chief of the Greek newspaper Filelefteros were arrested Saturday in Athens. According to Greek media, Minister of Defense Panos Kammenos had filed a complaint against the three.

'I am completely devastated.' Dannie Whitford swallows, and falls silent. He does not know it anymore. Storm Florence has made his home uninhabitable.

The Chinese government called on the American ambassador in Beijing and is planning military talks with the US. With these measures, the country responds to the sanctions that Washington imposed on a Chinese military agency last week.

The government of President Donald Trump wants to make it more difficult for foreigners to get a permanent residence permit if they receive social support from the government. A proposal submitted in a Saturday states that immigration officials should now consider whether they receive food aid, live in a social housing or use Medicaid, the care program for the poorest.