A-bomb survivors hail North Korea's vow on 'complete denuclearization'
Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's commitment for "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, calling it a major step toward achieving a nuclear-free world. At their historic summit on Tuesday in Singapore, Kim and ...
Abe's Pearl Harbor visit hailed in Japan, but some question lack of apology
Japanese war survivors on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor to offer condolences for those who died in the 1941 surprise attack there, but some questioned the lack of an apology or mention of the state's responsibility for pursuing war. Kikuyo ...
Italian quake toll nears 250 as rescuers struggle to find survivors
The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to at least 247 people early on Thursday after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns. The magnitude-6.2 quake struck mountain communities 140 km ...
Man held, shielded baby survivor of South Sudan plane crash; toll at 37
A 13-month-old baby and a man and infant were the only survivors of a cargo plane that crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing 37 people, a witness and relatives said Thursday. Stephen Warikozi, who heads South Sudan's Civil Aviation Authority, ...
Ailments afflicting Ebola survivors called emergency within emergency
Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy them. The World Health Organization calls it an emergency within an emergency. Many of the ...
Tokyo museum showing Buddha statue drawings by Tohoku disaster survivors living in temporary housing
An art exhibit in Tokyo is showing 311 drawings of statues of Buddha by those who are still living in temporary housing in areas hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, NHK reported on Tuesday. The exhibit is held at Tokyo ...
Marines arrive in Nepal; trio rescued after eight days under rubble
Three people were pulled alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal's devastating earthquake, as a supply logjam threatened to hamper disaster relief efforts bolstered by the arrival of U.S. aircraft and troops. The small-scale rescue, announced on Sunday by a home ...
Doolittle's WWII heroes to get, give Ohio museum Congressional Gold Medal to Ohio museum
More than seven decades after an audacious bombing run by the "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders" rallied their own nation while stunning another, the World War II heroes are still adding to their legacy. The group will receive the Congressional Gold Medal on April 15 in Washington, ...
The voices of Auschwitz survivors praying for their murdered loved ones reverberated Monday amid the barracks and barbed wire of the former Nazi death camp, with one survivor crying out in a pained voice: "I don't want to come here anymore!" The survivors were paying ...
When powerful tsunami smashed into this Indonesian city 10 years ago, the only structures left standing in many neighborhoods were mosques. For the hundreds who found refuge within their walls, the buildings' lifesaving role has not been forgotten — and for many, that experience ...
Communities in northeast Japan observe the third anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami with ceremonies commemorating those who lost their lives in the disaster.
Lee Hong-hyon, one of three South Koreans who filed a lawsuit in June 2011 to get the Japanese government to cover medical costs for atomic bomb victims who now live overseas, was the only one still alive to hear the Osaka District Court rule ...
