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South China Morning Post
a day ago
- South China Morning Post
Explosion rocks US airbase in Japan's Okinawa; 4 injured
An explosion occurred at a Japanese military facility inside a US airbase in Okinawa, officials said, with local media reporting non-life-threatening injuries. A defence ministry spokesman said they had received reports of an explosion at the Japan Self-Defence Forces (SDF) facility inside Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese region. Jiji Press and other local media said four injuries had been reported, but none were life-threatening. Public broadcaster NHK said, citing unnamed defence ministry sources, that the explosion may have occurred at a temporary storage site for unexploded bombs, with officials trying to confirm the situation. 'We've heard there was an explosion at the SDF facility and also heard there were injuries but we don't have further details,' said Yuta Matsuda, a local official of Yomitan village in Okinawa. More to follow …
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Hundreds of prisoners break out of Pakistani jail after earthquake
Read more about this: Over 200 prisoners escaped in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi late on June 2, 2025, after they were allowed out of their cells following a series of earthquake tremors, according to local officials and police. Police had recaptured about 80 prisoners as of the early morning hours of June 3.
CBC
21-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
About 100 trucks of food have entered Gaza, but it hasn't been distributed, says UN
No aid has reached people in Gaza, a UN aid official says, two days after the Israeli government lifted an 11-week-old blockade. The Israeli military said five aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday and 93 on Tuesday, but supplies haven't been distributed, say local officials.
