6 crew missing after U.S.-flagged ship found overturned in Pacific following powerful typhoon

April 20, 2026 / 7:14 AM EDT / CBS/AP

An overturned ship found near the U.S. territory of Saipan after a typhoon hit is the vessel that went missing with six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Monday.

The Coast Guard said it was still searching for the six. It said the overturned boat was first spotted Saturday.

An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew with the U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron on Sunday night confirmed the identity of the vessel as the Mariana, a 145-foot U.S.-registered dry cargo vessel, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

So far, Coast Guard crews and partners involved in the search have covered over 75,000 square nautical miles, officials said Monday.

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore Saipan, April 18, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard photo Courtesy Air Station Barbers Point

The Coast Guard said it initially deployed pararescuemen, divers and boats in the area and are conducting an underwater evaluation of the Mariana’s exterior.

“If divers locate a viable access point, the team may employ an underwater remotely operated drone to further investigate the vessel,” the Coast Guard said.

Officials previously said watchstanders lost communications with the ship Wednesday evening and have not regained them. On Thursday morning, an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew launched an initial search for the vessel but returned to Guam due to heavy winds in the search area.

Last week, Typhoon Sinlaku— the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year — relentlessly hammered the region with extremely powerful winds and heavy rain,

The typhoon had sustained winds of up to 150 mph, equating to a strong Category 4, when it hit the islands of Tinian and Saipan of the Northern Mariana Islands, according to the National Weather Service. Its maximum wind speeds wavered somewhat after landfall and have since dropped to 125 mph, as the storm tracks north.

Emily Mae Czachor contributed to this report.

消息：巴基斯坦参谋长与特朗普通话 称海峡封锁阻碍谈判

2026年4月20日 17:35 / 联合早报

消息人士称，巴基斯坦陆军参谋长穆尼尔与美国总统特朗普通话，并告诉特朗普有关美国封锁霍尔木兹海峡将阻碍谈判。 （路透社档案照片）

消息人士称，美国总统特朗普与巴基斯坦陆军参谋长穆尼尔通话时说，他会考虑穆尼尔关于霍尔木兹海峡封锁阻碍与伊朗和平谈判的建议。

路透社引述一名巴基斯坦安全消息人士报道称，穆尼尔告诉特朗普，美国封锁霍尔木兹海峡是美国和伊朗谈判的障碍。特朗普回应说会考虑穆尼尔的有关建议。

Major earthquake off Japan’s north coast prompts tsunami alert

April 20, 2026 / 7:39 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Tokyo— A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of only about three feet were observed and the emergency appeared to be easing.

The quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 but was later upgraded to 7.7. It occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. (2:53 a.m. Eastern on Sunday), at a depth of about 6 miles below the sea surface, the agency said.

A tsunami wave of about 2.6 feet was detected at the Kuji port in the Iwate prefecture within one hour of the quake, and a smaller tsunami wave of 1.3 feet was recorded at another port in the prefecture, the agency said.

This photo shows a warning message on a screen from a live feed on NHK with tsunami alert after an earthquake hit northern Japan, in Tokyo on April 20, 2026. Philip FONG /AFP via Getty Images

The tsunami alert put in place earlier for waves as high as 10 feet was later lowered to an advisory, and the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami threat from the quake had passed.

The JMA urged residents in the region to stay away from the coast or along rivers and take shelter on higher ground. Iwate and three other northern prefectures issued non-binding evacuation advisories to more than 128,000 residents, according to the disaster management agency.

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said officials were assessing the situation but so far no damage or injuries had been reported, including at power stations and other facilities. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said nuclear power plants and related facilities in the region were all intact and no abnormalities were detected.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told reporters in Tokyo that the government had established an emergency task force, and television screens flashed warnings for people in Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures to evacuate.

Japan’s government warns small chance temblor could trigger mega-quake

The government later issued an advisory for northern coastal areas of an increased risk of a possible mega-quake induced by the Monday temblor. The Cabinet Office and the JMA said there was a 1% chance of a mega-quake occurring on the northern Japanese coast in the next week or so following the powerful quake earlier in the day.

Officials said the advisory is not a quake prediction but urged residents to raise their preparedness, such as emergency food and their grab bag just in case, while continuing their daily lives.

The advisory for the region is the second in recent months. One was issued following another major quake in December. No major subsequent quake occurred.

15 years since Fukushima earthquake and tsunami disaster

It has been 15 years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck, unleashing a massive tsunami on March 11, 2011, ravaging parts of northern Japan. More than 22,000 people were killed and nearly half a million people were forced to flee their homes, most of them due to tsunami damage.

Some 160,000 people fled their homes in the Fukushima Prefecture because of the radiation spewed from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. About 26,000 of them haven’t returned because they resettled elsewhere, their hometowns remain off-limits or they have lingering concerns about radiation.

There were initial reports in Japanese media that at least two nuclear power plants in the northeast region under a tsunami warning on Monday were thus far unaffected by the earthquake. Both of the plants are currently offline.

It was the tsunami that came after the 2011 temblor that caused most of the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, however.

消息：巴基斯坦参谋长与特朗普通话 称海峡封锁阻碍谈判

2026年4月20日 17:35 / 联合早报

消息人士称，巴基斯坦陆军参谋长穆尼尔与美国总统特朗普通话，并告诉特朗普有关美国封锁霍尔木兹海峡将阻碍谈判。 （路透社档案照片）

消息人士称，美国总统特朗普与巴基斯坦陆军参谋长穆尼尔通话时说，他会考虑穆尼尔关于霍尔木兹海峡封锁阻碍与伊朗和平谈判的建议。

路透社引述一名巴基斯坦安全消息人士报道称，穆尼尔告诉特朗普，美国封锁霍尔木兹海峡是美国和伊朗谈判的障碍。特朗普回应说会考虑穆尼尔的有关建议。

NRCC reporting record $47.1 million quarter, record $28.1 million raised in March

GOP buoyed by probes into Dems’ ActBlue, TSA security lines proving costly

April 20, 2026 6:32am EDT / Fox News

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House GOP campaign chair Rep. Richard Hudson says ‘President Trump understands it’s important to hold the House and he’s, he’s been extremely helpful to us’

National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Richard Hudson tells Fox News Digital ‘we have to raise enough money to keep up with the Democrats and make sure that our candidates can get their message out’

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The midterm elections might be historically difficult for the controlling party, but Republicans are building a war chest to break that trend, reporting smashing first quarter fundraising totals of $47.1 million, including a record $28.1 million in March alone.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was set to report the strongest first quarter fundraising haul in its history Monday, according to figures shared first with Fox News Digital, giving House Republicans a fresh sign of financial momentum as they look to defend their narrow House majority in a cycle that has often favored the party out of power.

“This historic fundraising quarter proves House Republicans have a tremendous amount of enthusiasm behind our agenda to lower costs and keep Americans safe,” NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson said in a statement to Fox News.

“House Republicans are united, battle-tested, and building the financial firepower to protect our majority and take the fight directly to Democrats’ extreme agenda.”

President Donald Trump leaves the stage during the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising Presidential Dinner at Union Station on March 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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NRCC officials are framing the numbers as part of a broader trend they say has defined the cycle so far, with Republican incumbents and allied groups posting stronger-than-usual early fundraising numbers and narrowing, or in some cases reversing, Democrats’ traditional money advantage.

The NRCC is staking claim to having outraised the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on average for five straight quarters, including snapping a long-standing trend by outraising the minority party in the first year of an election cycle for the first time in decades in 2025.

The NRCC reported this week its swing-district patriots have raised an average of $1.2 million and hold $3.5 million cash on hand, compared to $919,000 raised and $2.4 million cash on hand for DCCC frontliners.

Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, House Speaker Mike Johnson and Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole appear during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2025.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg)

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“Vulnerable House Democrats are getting outraised, outworked, and outmatched. Republicans have the momentum, and the money is following it,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement last week.

The financial windfalls do not end there.

The House Speaker Mike Johnson-backed Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) and its nonprofit American Action Network (AAN) have raised a combined $192.6 million thus far in the 2025-2026 cycle. Those groups brought in a combined $56.6 million in the first quarter of 2026, which Republicans say is a record for the first quarter of a non-election year. CLF alone raised a record $38.1 million and is expected to report $91.4 million cash on hand.

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Top House GOP leaders have also posted eye-catching numbers, according to the NRCC:

• Johnson himself raised $34 million in the first quarter and more than $116 million in hard dollars this cycle
• House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., raised more than $10.1 million in the quarter, bringing his cycle total above $45.6 million.
• House Majority Whip Tom Emmer raised $9.2 million in the quarter, pushing his cycle total past $38 million.

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The committee also pointed to the wider President Donald Trump-aligned fundraising network, noting that MAGA Inc. entered 2026 with more than $300 million cash on hand.

“This unprecedented momentum is part of a sustained trend that’s held this entire cycle and is now accelerating,” Marinella said in a statement to Fox News. “Republicans are consistently outpacing Democrats in the money race where Democrats have traditionally dominated.”

“This is a fundamental shift from the traditional dynamic where Democrats build an early financial edge and force Republicans onto defense,” he added. “That script has flipped.”

Insiders pointed out to Fox News that circumstances of the spring have combined to provide the unprecedented financial push, including Trump peacemaking in the Middle East and wildly successful military operations in Venezuela and Iran.

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Also, Democrats have been hurt in the fundraising coffers by House Oversight, Judiciary and Administration committee investigations into the big-ticket Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue, and the Senate Democrat-forced government shutdown of Department of Homeland Security funding.

Notably, the record NRCC March came amid massive spring break delays and four- to eight-hour security line waits at crowded spring break airports, which were hamstrung by Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) agents not showing up because they were not getting paid for work.

Eric Mack is a writer for Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

英国警方逮两青少年 涉犹太场所企图纵火袭击

2026年4月20日 18:08 / 联合早报

英国警方指出，此前已有15人因六起纵火案被捕，包括一家犹太人运营的救护车服务机构和一家波斯语媒体机构在内的多个场所。 （示意图/iStock）

英国警方指出，此前已有15人因六起纵火案被捕，包括一家犹太人运营的救护车服务机构和一家波斯语媒体机构在内的多个场所。 （示意图/iStock）

英国警方指出，当局逮捕两名青少年，他们涉嫌参与伦敦企图纵火袭击事件，包括针对犹太场所的袭击。

法新社报道，伦敦警察局副局长朱克斯星期一（4月20日）说，当局逮捕一名17岁和一名19岁的青少年。

他说，此前已有15人因六起纵火案被捕，涉案场所包括一家犹太人运营的救护车服务机构和一家波斯语媒体机构等。

他也说，这些最新逮捕行动反映出一种“受雇暴徒”的作案模式，英国正面临“敌对国家对我们社区施加压力”。当局在调查这些袭击是否由伊朗代理人煽动。

最新一起事件发生在上星期六（18日）深夜，一只装有“助燃剂”的瓶子被投掷进位于伦敦西北部哈罗区的肯顿联合犹太教堂的窗户。警方称室内出现烟雾，但无人受伤。

据SITE情报组织称，一个与伊朗有关联、鲜为人知的组织“伊斯兰青年运动”已声称对近期多起袭击负责。

英国首相斯塔默星期天誓言，将把这些“令人发指”的袭击肇事者绳之以法，随着事件频发，社会担忧加剧。

英国警方指出，此前已有15人因六起纵火案被捕，包括一家犹太人运营的救护车服务机构和一家波斯语媒体机构在内的多个场所。 （示意图/iStock）

英国警方指出，当局逮捕两名青少年，他们涉嫌参与伦敦企图纵火袭击事件，包括针对犹太场所的袭击。

法新社报道，伦敦警察局副局长朱克斯星期一（4月20日）说，当局逮捕一名17岁和一名19岁的青少年。

他说，此前已有15人因六起纵火案被捕，涉案场所包括一家犹太人运营的救护车服务机构和一家波斯语媒体机构等。

他也说，这些最新逮捕行动反映出一种“受雇暴徒”的作案模式，英国正面临“敌对国家对我们社区施加压力”。当局在调查这些袭击是否由伊朗代理人煽动。

最新一起事件发生在上星期六（18日）深夜，一只装有“助燃剂”的瓶子被投掷进位于伦敦西北部哈罗区的肯顿联合犹太教堂的窗户。警方称室内出现烟雾，但无人受伤。

据SITE情报组织称，一个与伊朗有关联、鲜为人知的组织“伊斯兰青年运动”已声称对近期多起袭击负责。

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伦敦犹太救护车纵火案 伊斯兰右翼组织承认袭击

英国首相斯塔默星期天誓言，将把这些“令人发指”的袭击肇事者绳之以法，随着事件频发，社会担忧加剧。

内阁秘书长木原稔发布最新消息说，目前约有100户家庭断电，部分新干线列车服务已暂停。 （法新社档案照片）

日本气象厅警告称，未来一周可能还会发生类似7.5级的地震。目前约100户家庭断电。

日本气象厅星期一（4月20日）发出警告称，日本未来一周可能发生与星期一下午这次7.5级地震震级相近的地震。此类预警是重大地震后的标准程序。

当局警告民众，本周晚些时候也可能发生山体滑坡，并且在第一波海啸过后，可能还会出现更大的海啸。

另外，内阁秘书长木原稔发布最新消息说，目前约有100户家庭断电，部分新干线列车服务已暂停。

他提醒居民应留在安全的地方，直至海啸警报解除。

美菲年度联合军演开启 中国指国与国军事合作不应破坏地区和平

2026年4月20日 16:16 / 联合早报

菲律宾军官（左）和美国海军军官星期一（4月20日）在马尼拉奎松市阿吉纳尔多军营举行的美菲年度“肩并肩”联合军演开幕式上交叉握手。 （法新社）

美国与菲律宾的年度联合军演星期一（4月20日）开启，中国外交部对此回应称，国与国军事合作不应破坏地区和平。

中国外交部发言人郭嘉昆当天在例行记者会上应询时说，单边主义和军事霸凌已经给世界带来深重灾难，亚太地区最需要的是和平安宁，最不需要的是引入外部力量制造分裂对抗。

郭嘉昆强调，国与国之间开展军事安全合作，不应该损害地区国家间的相互理解与信任，不应该破坏地区的和平稳定，不应该针对第三方或损害第三方的利益。

他说：“我们想提醒有关国家，一味在安全上相互捆绑，只会引火烧身，反噬自身。”

据法新社报道，在中东战争阴影笼罩下，数千名美国与菲律宾士兵星期一展开年度军事演习，今年首度有大规模日本部队加入。

据报道，这次军演将在菲律宾北部面对台湾海峡的区域，以及在争议不断的南中国海附近省份举行实弹演习。菲律宾与中国曾多次在南中国海海域发生紧张对峙。

日本自卫队这次派遣1400名兵力参演，并将在菲国北部吕宋岛外海，使用88式岸舰导弹击沉一艘二战时期的退役扫雷舰。

为期19天的“肩并肩”（Balikatan）演习共有超过1万7000名海陆空军官兵参与，规模与去年相近，澳大利亚、新西兰、法国和加拿大部队也参与演习。

日本未来一周或发生类似7.5级地震 目前约100户家庭断电

2026年4月20日 18:13 / 联合早报

日本未来一周或发生类似7.5级地震 目前约100户家庭断电

内阁秘书长木原稔发布最新消息说，目前约有100户家庭断电，部分新干线列车服务已暂停。 （法新社档案照片）

日本气象厅警告称，未来一周可能还会发生类似7.5级的地震。目前约100户家庭断电。

日本气象厅星期一（4月20日）发出警告称，日本未来一周可能发生与星期一下午这次7.5级地震震级相近的地震。此类预警是重大地震后的标准程序。

当局警告民众，本周晚些时候也可能发生山体滑坡，并且在第一波海啸过后，可能还会出现更大的海啸。

另外，内阁秘书长木原稔发布最新消息说，目前约有100户家庭断电，部分新干线列车服务已暂停。

他提醒居民应留在安全的地方，直至海啸警报解除。