Through Qatari mediation, an American national who has been held in Afghanistan since December was freed. Following last week’s release of a British couple, Amir Amiri is the fifth US citizen to be made public this year.
Published On 29 Sep 2025
Published On 29 Sep 2025
According to the national weather agency, the typhoon made landfall and triggered waves as high as 8 meters (26 feet) early on Monday.
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According to the government’s disaster management agency, two people died as a result of the extreme weather pattern, including one who was killed in Hue City after being caught in floodwater and another in Thanh Hoa province after being killed by a falling tree.
Nine people have died in the storm, according to the Associated Press news agency, including the two killed in Hue City and Thanh Hoa, despite the report from the Associated Press.
Six people were killed when strong winds blew up houses in Ninh Binh province. Danang also reported another fatality.
Nine crew members and their vessel were stranded in the Quang Tri province after strong winds slammed the anchors of a fishing boat that was taking shelter. Four of the crew members managed to swim to shore.
Families reported losing communication with eight people fishing in the Gia Lai province.
More than 347, 000 homes were without power before the Typhoon made landfall on Sunday evening, according to state media.
Nguyen Tuan Vinh, who is clearing up debris in the Nghe An province, described it as “one of the strongest” storms he had ever seen.
Ho Van Quynh, a different resident, claimed they stayed up all night protecting their home.
Ho Van Quynh remarked, “I stayed awake the entire night because I was worried that the door would be slammed by strong winds.”
More than 28, 500 people were evacuated by Vietnam’s government before the typhoon struck. Four airports in central provinces were shut down at the same time, causing hundreds of flights to be canceled or delayed.
By 11:00 AM (04:00 GMT), the typhoon was moving into Laos from the Nghe An province.
According to officials, Bualoi has already claimed at least 20 lives in the Philippines since Friday, primarily as a result of drowning and falling trees.
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Bahman Choobiasl was executed over a meeting with officials from the Israeli spy agency Mossad, according to Mizan, the judiciary’s news outlet on Monday.
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Choobiasl had engaged in “sensitive telecommunications projects,” according to Mizan.
According to Mizan, “Mossad’s main objective was to obtain the defendant’s cooperation by obtaining the database of governmental institutions and breaching Iranian data centers,” as well as pursue other secondary objectives, such as investigating the importing of electronic equipment.
The defendant’s appeal was denied, and the death sentence was confirmed, according to the Iranian Supreme Court.
Choobiasl is the second person to be hanged this month after Babak Shahbazi, who was also found guilty of spying for Israel.
After writing a letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to offer to fight in Kyiv, activists refuted the claim and claimed Shahbazi was tortured into making a false confession.
Iran has executed numerous people it claims to have links with Mossad and helped it conduct its operations there. Since the June 11th conflict, Iran has reportedly executed ten espionage suspects.
Iranian airstrikes on Israel’s offensive in June included 12 days of airstrikes, some of which targeted Tehran’s top generals and nuclear scientists as well as civilians in residential areas. Iran then retaliated with a barrage of missiles and drones. During the conflict, US airs extensively on Iranian nuclear sites on Israel’s behalf. At least 1,100 people were killed by Israeli attacks on Iran, according to Amnesty International.
Iran has sentenced more people to death in response to the June war and recent protests involving the state of the economy, women’s rights, and some regime-change calls.
More than 1, 000 people were executed in Iran in 2025, according to the Oslo-based organization Iran Human Rights and the Washington, DC-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights, but Tehran does not yet report every execution.
Iranians are concerned about further economic suffering and a potential resumption of the conflict with Israel in the interim. Iran is once more subject to UN sanctions as the West presses Iran despite Russian and Chinese opposition, after about ten years.
In a social media post, Prime Minister Tjitunga Ngurare Manongo announced that Namibia had sent more than 500 soldiers to fight the massive fire that has destroyed a third of the world’s largest wildlife reserve, Etosha National Park.
Starting on Sunday, Manongo promised to assist firefighters, police, and volunteer firefighters who are already battling the “raging fire.”
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A major tourist draw, the park in the north of the largely deserted country, is home to 114 different species of mammals, including the critically endangered black rhinoceros.
According to Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, the fire started on September 22 and quickly spread due to strong winds and dry vegetation, causing significant ecological damage.
The ministry has closed some tourist destinations and advised people to be cautious because the wind direction could change unexpectedly.
The government also sent two helicopters to the area on Sunday to assist with firefighting efforts following an emergency cabinet meeting on Saturday, according to a statement from the president.
The reinforcements reportedly accompanied 40 soldiers who had already been fighting the blaze on Saturday, along with police, residents, and people from nearby farms and private enterprises.
Defence Minister Frans Kapofi told the AFP news agency that the extra troops “are deployed from various regions and will be deployed in all affected areas.”
The presidency stated that “unknown number of wildlife had been killed, while thankfully no human casualties had been reported,” adding that the fire had spread to some neighborhood.
The fire “presents a significant threat to the communities’ biodiversity, wildlife, and livelihood.” The fire destroyed a further 30% of the park’s grazing, according to the statement, adding that it was still trying to figure out what started the blaze.
The fire, which is thought to have been the result of charcoal-producing activities on commercial farms close to the park, was reported on Saturday by the Environment Ministry.
According to the statement, “The ecological damage inside ENP is extensive, with an estimated 775, 163 hectares [1.9 million acres] burned, about 34 percent of the park.
According to the ministry of environment and tourism, Etosha National Park’s extensive ecological damage exceeds 34% of its original size. https: //t. co/F6M4rVHY3k pic. https://twitter.com/ueTBcwj0gj
According to the presidency, information gathered by ground-based teams indicated that the fire was still under control on Sunday in some areas but that it was still spreading to the Omusati region, which is close to the country’s border with Angola.
The ancient Etosha salt pan, which is about 130 kilometers (81 miles) long and 50 kilometers (31 miles) wide and attracts large numbers of migratory flamingoes during the rainy season, serves as its main attraction. It covers a total of 22 square kilometers (8,600 square miles) and is located in the park.
Last week, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, president of Namibia, stated to the UN General Assembly that “climate change is drying up our rivers and scorching our lands.”
She also urged governments to support the UN Convention’s stronger support for the Namib Declaration.
Namibia, one of the dozens of nations that argued at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last year, argued that the two are inextricably linked, with Namibia’s submission focusing notably on the right to have access to water.
The world’s highest court ruled in July that nations must abide by international law and that failing to do so could lead to future legal battles between the countries.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently discovered that wildfires are increasingly causing poor air quality because of climate change, which causes more and more fires and smoke to travel far distances to other nations and even continents.