Turkish security forces are hunting for bank robbers killed four Kurdish militants . It is not clear if the Kurds were the robbers . The incident took place in Bismil , in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir , said Wednesday the authorities in the region .
A twenty-year- woman from the German Göttingen in Thailand by contact with a highly venomous box jellyfish killed . The woman was Tuesday evening on the holiday island of Koh Samui with a friend to go swimming when both were touched by the tentacles of a jellyfish. In the hospital died, the 20 -year-old , the other was only minor injuries , according to the Thai police .
The European Union is since Wednesday in the Mediterranean in search of smugglers . Under the code name Sophia Search naval forces especially the routes from Libya to Italy. Coordination is in the hands of the Italian Admiral Enrico CREDENDINO in Rome .
The death toll from a typhoon that swept across southeast China , has risen to nineteen . There are still four people missing, the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Wednesday . Most deaths occurred in Guangdong province . People came , inter alia, that by tornadoes and landslides caused by the storm .
MEPs Wednesday a day of visiting dignitaries . Not only does the Spanish king Felipe in the plenary hall of the European Parliament in Strasbourg politicians from the 28 EU countries increasing. In the afternoon, take the French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel participate in a debate .
America is about 6,000 prisoners early release to reduce overcrowding in prisons . This was reported by The Washington Post Tuesday .
Severe weather in the US states of South and North Carolina has killed at least thirteen people died . The victims were killed by heavy floods that were caused by heavy rainfall. The victims drowned or were killed in traffic accidents.
America is not happy with the decision of the European Court of Justice on Tuesday personal data of European Internet users. Which can not simply be transferred to the United States. The judges put a line through a decision of the European Commission in 2000 , which had identified the United States as a 'safe haven' for private data .
Brazilian police have slain last year 3022 people. This is evident from figures published Tuesday by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. It is more than eight deaths a day and 37 percent more than in 2013.
The South Korean Hoesung Lee was Tuesday elected the new president of the UN Climate Panel . The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , the mitigation of the climate problems such as global warming.
