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2 dead, 1 missing after torrential rains hit Spain’s Catalonia-Xinhua

MADRID, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two people died and another remained missing after torrential rains and flooding hit Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, authorities said on Sunday. In Tordera on the Costa Brava, a man was killed after a wall collapsed on him while he was clearing water from his bungalow at a campsite, Salvador Illa, president of the Generalitat, or Catalan regional government, said. "Unfortunately, we must report a fatality in Tordera," Illa said, urging people to exercise extreme caution and follow official instructions as severe weather conditions persisted. Another person died in Montornes del Valles, while emergency services were searching for a missing person in Pineda de Mar, about 52 km north of Barcelona, firefighters said. Catalan authorities issued a red we...

Iran’s IRGC hit 7 “violating” oilers in Hormuz Strait in 5 days — media -Xinhua

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has targeted at least seven "violating" oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in the past five days, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday. The IRGC Navy has targeted more than one oil tanker each day, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that "the Strait of Hormuz is open and under his country's control," it reported. Citing MenchOsint, an independent military observer, Fars added that two oil tankers were exploded in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday -- one at the waterway's entrance and the other while exiting it. MenchOsint also said that two Kuwaiti tankers, Al FUNTAS and KAZIMAH III, and three United Arab Emirates vessels, SINBAD, MERSIN PROSPERITY and AL RUWAIS, were ...

Airstrikes hit Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa: sources-Xinhua

SANAA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A series of powerful explosions rocked Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Saturday, as the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported fresh "Saudi airstrikes" on the city amid a sharp escalation in the country's conflict. More than seven explosions were heard across Sanaa within a short period, local residents told Xinhua on Saturday, adding that the sound of warplanes could be heard overhead as the blasts shook several parts of the city. They said that the strikes appeared to hit several Houthi-held military sites, with plumes of smoke seen rising from the mountainous areas of Al-Nahdayn and Jabal Attan in different parts of Sanaa. Meanwhile, the al-Masirah TV confirmed that Sanaa had been hit by airstrikes on Saturday, describing them as "Saudi aggression," but d...