At least eight more typhoons are expected to enter the Philippines before the year ends, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.
Alen Stajcic warned his Philippines team to be wary of "wounded" Norway when they clash at the Women's World Cup on Sunday, July 30, with qualification for the knockout stage on the line.
On the heels of a new record high in the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic reached its hottest-ever level this week, several weeks earlier than its usual annual peak, according to preliminary data released Friday by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A fire killed four people in the Iraqi shrine city of Karbala Friday, July 28, as hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims began gathering to mark Ashura, emergency services said.
Typhoon Doksuri hit southeastern China on Friday morning, July 28, bringing high winds and battering rains to coastal areas after the deadly storm bypassed Taiwan on its way from the Philippines.
Singapore on Friday, July 28, hanged a 45-year-old citizen for drug trafficking, the city-state's first execution of a woman in nearly 20 years, officials said.
