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Masked men attack mosque in eastern Germany

A mosque in the eastern German city of Leipzig was attacked with four windows smashed, a police spokesman said late Monday. According to preliminary results, the mosque in Volkmarsdorf was damaged by a gathering of about 100 masked people,…

5.5-magnitude earthquake rattles South Africa

A strong earthquake rattled  South Africa at 5.5 on the Richter scale on Sunday night. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers. The authority noted that the earthquake occurred at a…

8 people killed, others missing in Mayfield, US tornadoes

Eight people were confirmed dead and eight were still missing on Sunday at the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, as a result of a recent strong hurricane spree in the United States, an official at the owner’s…

Magnitude 5 earthquake shakes Tokyo in Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of five shook eastern Japan on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK said. The epicenter of the quake was the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, the NHK added. Witnesses said the quake…

Explosion hits Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

A large explosion hit a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, according to Reuters. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported an unspecified number of deaths, but local media and civil defense workers on scene said there had been…

Second earthquake strikes off Oregon coast

A second earthquake was recorded on Tuesday in less than 24 hours off the Oregon coast, the US Geological Survey said. The second quake measured 5.8 degrees, and its epicenter occurred 434 kilometers west of Newport, Oregon, which has…