A doctor in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been hospitalized with signs of the deadly and contagious Ebola virus. It would be the first contamination in one of the 'highly unsafe areas' in the east of the country. That is what the World Health Organization (WHO) reports.
The fire brigade succeeded on Friday to protect the three villages threatened by forest fires in the German state of Brandenburg against the flames. About five hundred residents of the villages of Frohnsdorf, Klausdorf and Tiefenbrunnen had to leave their homes on Thursday evening because of the fire about 50 kilometers south of Berlin.
The death toll due to the heavy earthquakes on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen to 555. The Indonesian emergency response service BNPB reports this Friday. At least 77,000 houses have been destroyed by the earthquakes. Almost 400,000 islanders live in emergency shelters.
Hurricane Lane that passes through Hawaii has been further reduced to the 3rd category. Lane is located south of Hawaii and is expected to head north-west. The hurricane brings wind speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour, reports the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
Google has removed 39 YouTube channels from the video site because they are linked to an Iranian state channel. The channels would have been used for propaganda by the Islamic Republic, writes the technology concern on his blog.
A record load of almost two tons of cocaine has been discovered in the port of Ghent. According to the federal judicial police of East Flanders, the drugs have a street value of 100 million euros.
Residents of a posh tower block in New York have been terrified since a sniper from a great distance took apartments under fire.
A bizarre fish species that is older than the dinosaurs threatens to die out.
Terrorists have attacked police officers in several places in the Russian Federal Republic of Chechnya. Four archers have been shot dead according to the authoritarian leader of the regional republic, Ramzan Kadirov. Five agents were injured. According to Kadirov, it was a failed attempt to disrupt the Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice).
China buys crude oil from Iran on a large scale, which is affected by US sanctions.
Fiji was hit by a heavy earthquake on Sunday. The quake had a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale. That reports the American Geological Service. The epicenter was at a depth of 560 kilometers at less than 70 kilometers east of the island of Lakeba. There seems to be no question of damage or injury.
Lombok was again hit by an earthquake on Sunday. The quake had a strength of 6.3 on the Richter scale.
The Aeolus is a hypermodern wind vane that has to go into space this Tuesday. The satellite must, from 320 kilometers altitude, chart the wind on earth. There is still relatively little known about this.
An earthquake shook the inhabitants of the Italian region of Molise on the Adriatic coast on Thursday evening. According to the seismological service, the shock had a force of 5.2. There are no reports of victims or damage.
Once again, a failed asylum seeker raped a young German girl. The anger in some of our eastern neighbors about criminal foreigners is increasing.
The EU is giving financial support to the victims of the heavy earthquake on Lombok. The European Commission is donating 500,000 euros extra for emergency humanitarian aid, according to a spokesman. Last week, Brussels sent 150,000 euros to the Indonesian Red Cross for emergency supplies in the east and north of the island.
Belgium can get its first real island, but instead of being proud, half the country is already on its hind legs.
The British government is considering banning the eating of dog meat after reports that this practice also occurs there.
One of the most daring missions of the Israeli secret service is now being filmed at Red Sea Diving Resort. The breathtaking operation saved the lives of thousands of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Greece will demolish thousands of illegal buildings. That's what Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday. In buildings without a permit, dozens of people were killed during a devastating forest fire on 23 July.
A large fire in the vicinity of the Greek tourist town of Kineta causes up to 40 kilometers to the east in Athens, about 40 kilometers to the east. Because of the strong wind, clouds of smoke hang over the Greek capital that obscure the sun. Photo's show the famous ancient temple the Parthenon with a dark, golden-yellow sky in the background.
Approximately 80 kilometers east of Manhattan's New York district, two children were injured in various incidents. Presumably the children have become the victims of sharks. It would be the first attacks by sharks at New York in 70 years.
Sailing day-trippers must now admire lava flows in Hawaii from at least 300 meters away. The American Coast Guard has imposed new restrictions on skippers on round trip boats after an incident at the Kilauea volcano. A lump of hot lava fell on a boat with tourists, resulting in 23 wounded.
English security forces warn that terrorists are being recruited to carry out attacks in popular holiday resorts this summer.
In the Somali capital Mogadishu, an explosion and gunshots could be heard on Saturday in the vicinity of the presidential palace. That is what witnesses and the police report. The police shot on a speeding car that exploded near the palace.
The South Korean air force reports that it has intercepted two Russian fighter jets on Friday, which have violated four times the airspace of the Asian country. Russian aircraft flew along the South Korean east coast and the waters off the southern island of Jeju.
The illegal trade in young orang-utans is becoming increasingly cruel as the amounts that customers from mainly the Middle East put on the table for the status symbol are getting higher and higher.
The rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea is entering a new phase. The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki will make a return visit to Addis Ababa tomorrow, after the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Asmara last weekend. Now the hard work begins to put the beautiful words and promises of the past weeks and months into action.
Seven black rhinos died after moving to another game park in Kenya. Kenyan media reported that the seven last months have been transferred from a park near Lake Nakuru to the more than 300 km southeastern park Tsavo East. It concerns half of the total of fourteen animals that were moved.
The Kremlin does not recognize the image that Germany is a prisoner of Russia, as US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday. According to a government spokesperson, the export of gas via pipelines leads to 'complete mutual dependence.'
