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.
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.
It is still a mystery how a 29-year-old aviation officer in Seattle could steal a passenger plane and later crash into a small island. The man died in the crash. The police assume suicide. No victims have fallen on the ground.
In Japan, all nine occupants of a helicopter were killed by a crash. The aircraft crashed on the island of Honshu, rescue workers have salvaged the bodies on Saturday. The cause of the crash is still unclear.
The official death toll due to the Sunday earthquake on Lombok has risen to 387. This is reported by the BNPB emergency response service. About 13,700 people have been injured by the violence of nature and 400,000 people have had to leave their homes. The death toll is likely to rise even further, there are still people stuck in collapsed houses or mud.
A ten-month-old baby succumbed to a car on the Spanish island of Majorca due to the heat. Her 56-year-old grandfather forgot the girl after he got out of the car at 7 o'clock in the town of Manacor.
The official death toll due to the Sunday earthquake on Lombok has risen to 321. This is reported by the BNPB emergency response service.
Belgium can get its first real island, but instead of being proud, half the country is already on its hind legs.
The Indonesian island of Lombok has once again been startled by a powerful earthquake. According to the first reports, it had a force of 6.2. Witnesses say that a number of buildings have collapsed. People ran out into the street in panic.
Anyone who wants to steal a pot of that wonderful beach sand on holiday in Sardinia will get the lid on the nose from the Italian authorities. In order to protect the nature of the island, the fines for this crime have been increased to 3000 euros.
Taiwan has upset the Chinese government because Beijing would have banned the new Walt Disney movie about Winnie the Pooh. According to some media, the Chinese ban has been instituted because the Chinese president Xi Jinping on the internet is often mockingly compared with the teddy bear.
The emergency services in Indonesia found more bodies between the rubble of collapsed buildings after the earthquake on Lombok. The death toll has risen to 131, reports a spokesperson for the emergency response service BNPB. According to him, the number of deaths will increase even further.
The death toll due to the earthquake on Lombok has increased further. A spokesperson for the BNPB emergency response service spoke about 105 deceased victims.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague advises people to travel to the Indonesian island of Lombok and the nearby Gili Islands.
Rescue workers still find survivors two days after the earthquake on Lombok. They took a man from the rubble of a mosque. A woman could also be rescued from a collapsed shop after a lifelong rescue operation. Residents had been alarmed when they heard the victim call for help.
Tourists who are expelled from their hotel because of misconduct, spend the rest of their holidays more and more on Mallorca's beach.
A day after the heavy earthquake at Lombok, foreign tourists try to leave the Indonesian island on Monday. There are long lines of waiting at Mataram airport and airline Garuda is using additional flights.
After the heavy earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok many people spend the night in the open air. This is reported by the Red Cross aid organization. With many, the fear is still in after the island was hit by a quake with a force of 7.0 on Sunday evening (local time), with at least three deaths.
During the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok, according to local authorities, at least three deaths occurred. There was also considerable damage to buildings. There are no reports of any injuries. The quake had a force of 7.0.
The 'balconiespringers' are back on holiday island Mallorca.
The French uninhabited island of Île aux Cochons in the Indian Ocean once saw the largest colony of king penguins. But scientists have made a remarkable discovery. The colony of the second largest penguin species has shrunk by almost 90 per cent in the island over the past 35 years.
Two Flemings were killed on the Greek island of Kos on Monday afternoon after an accident with a quad.
Farmers on the Greek island of Santorini now breed with donkeys that have an extra strong back. Reason: more and more obese tourists are plaguing the backbone of the poor beasts of burden.
A few hundred hikers are still stuck on the volcano Rinjani a day after the earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok. They were locked in there after the powerful quake with a force of 6.4 Sunday morning made some pedestrian routes impassable.
At least six people were killed when a boat capsized off the Turkish coast. The vessel was on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos, reports the Turkish state press agency Anadolu. The Coast Guard was able to save nine passengers. A person is still missing.
The Indonesian island of Lombok was hit by an earthquake with a force of 6.4. According to the authorities, at least 10 people were killed and 12 wounded and many buildings suffered damage.
Japan must once again brace itself for extreme weather. A powerful hurricane approaches the Japanese main island of Honshu with wind speeds of more than 180 kilometers per hour.
King-emeritus Juan Carlos for health reasons does not sail on the holiday island of Mallorca. That is an immense disappointment for him and in a sense a relief for his son King Felipe.
A 15-year-old girl was sentenced to six months in prison on the Indonesian island of Sumatra because she had had an abortion. She was pregnant with her older brother, who last year raped her eight times. He must in turn go to the cell for two years.
