Man-made disasters

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (R) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on Dec. 3, 2024.

A Vietnamese court upheld the death penalty on Tuesday for a property tycoon in a multi-billion dollar fraud case, but said her life could still be spared if she paid back three quarters of the assets she embezzled.

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday marked the anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War Two, highlighting Greece's contribution to the Allied victory.

"78 years have passed since the surrender of Nazi Germany and Victory in Europe Day. Greece contributed to it with the sacrifices and struggle of its people, fulfilling its debt to humanity," he tweeted.

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the world today remembers the worst nuclear accident in history. 37 years have passed since the tragedy at the Chernobyl NPP. A memorial ceremony for the victims will be held in Ukraine.

Hellenic Train, whose train crashed in a head-on collision with a freighter on Feb. 28, killing 57 people on board, announced on Wednesday it will make advance payments to the families of the victims and to the passengers injured in the crash in Tempe, to cover their immediate financial needs.

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said that no terrorist connection has come to light so far in the ongoing investigation into the explosion that occurred in Istanbul's Kadıköy district.

Three people have lost their lives in a fiery explosion that occurred in an apartment building in Istanbul's Kadıköy district, while the provincial counterterrorism bureau has launched an investigation into the incident on suspicion of possible terrorist activity.

Fighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day on Aug. 30 with rocket fire echoing from Baghdad's Green Zone where 23 supporters of powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr have been shot dead, medics said.

A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitness and police said.

Dozens missing and injured

‘Our Country Is Turning Into Afghanistan’, they say