CAPE TOWN -- Four people were killed and three others injured in a shooting incident at a minibus taxi rank in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa, on Friday morning.
According to a statement by the Western Cape provincial police, the incident occurred at the old taxi rank in Mfuleni, about 30 km east of the city center, and is currently under police investigation. (South Africa-Cape Town-Shooting)
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THE HAGUE -- The Netherlands will hold new general elections on Oct. 29, outgoing Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Judith Uitermark announced Friday. The Dutch government collapsed earlier this week.
The Electoral Council proposed the date to the outgoing minister, who accepted the recommendation and submitted it to the Council of Ministers the same day. The council approved the proposal, making the election date official. (Netherlands-Elections)
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TOKYO -- Tokyo-based space startup ispace has officially confirmed the failure of its lunar landing mission, after losing communication with its lander during descent in the early hours of Friday.
In a press conference held shortly after 9:00 a.m. Japan time, ispace announced the mission's conclusion after determining that communication recovery with the lander was no longer feasible. (Japan-Moon-Landing)
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SACRAMENTO, the United States -- The Donald Trump administration imposed sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges on Thursday, freezing U.S.-based assets and restricting entry to the United States in response to the court's investigations into alleged war crimes involving Israeli officials and U.S. personnel.
The measures, criticized by the ICC and some human rights organizations as potentially undermining judicial independence, mark the latest development in ongoing U.S. tensions with the global tribunal. (US-ICC-SANCTION) ■
