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Thailand

Myanmar refuses sole responsibility in Rohingya migrant crisis

Myanmar has rejected exclusive responsibility for the Rohingya crisis, at an international meeting in Bangkok. Indonesia and Malaysia in recent weeks

Yemen

'Deadliest day': reports of 80 killed in Saudi-led strikes across Yemen

More than 80 people reported killed in what could be Yemen's deadliest day of bombing in over two months. Oxfam claims the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

World News

Malaysia and Indonesia offer shelter to 7,000 'boat people'

Malaysia and Indonesia have said they will offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants at sea but that is the limit. They said it is on the

World News

Cast adrift in floating prisons: The tragedy of Asia's new 'boat people'

They’re a new wave of Asian ‘boat people’. Cast adrift by human traffickers, thousands are thought to be seeking refuge in Malaysia, Thailand and

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Nepal

Nepalese PM visits quake zone and takes woman to hospital in his helicopter

The Nepalese Prime Minister has visited some of the areas worst affected by the country’s two massive earthquakes. And someone’s life may have been

Nepal

Nepalese camp outside, too scared to return to quake-damaged homes

Relief aid is slowly being distributed to people affected by two large quakes in three weeks

Yemen

Truce comes into force in Yemen, but concern remains about ongoing fighting

A truce to allow for humanitarian aid to be distributed in Yemen has officially come into force, but there are concerns about ongoing fighting

Nepal

Deadly new quake in Nepal adds to misery for exhausted residents

At least 40 people are dead in the latest 7.3 magnitude tremor and hundreds more have been injured

Nepal

Panic in Kathmandu and New Delhi as new quake strikes

The new earthquake sent people in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu running out into open ground. They had already been staying in temporary housing and

Yemen

Yemen humanitarian truce under threat from intense border clashes

As the Saudi military reinforces security along the border with Yemen, Morocco reports that one of its fighter jets has gone missing over the

Nepal

Nepal: 2% loans for destroyed homes, earthquake survivors brace for monsoon

The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake more than two weeks ago has passed 8,000 and the injured are nearly 18,000. The government is overwhelmed

Nepal

Nepal: Miracle rescues of teenager and baby bring joy amid earthquake tragedy

After five days under the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake, a teenager has been pulled out alive. Hopes were fading of finding more survivors after

Nepal

Providing post-disaster relief: euronews speaks to Handicap International in Nepal

Following the devastation caused by the Nepal earthquake, euronews spoke to Handicap International, to find out more about the rescue efforts in the

Nepal

Nepal death toll rises: UN announces 8 million affected by earthquake

A race against time in the search for survivors: as the death toll rises, the UN announces eight million people are affected by the Nepal earthquake.

Italy

Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015

A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead. It is feared

World News

More Mediterranean deaths as desperate migrants head to Europe

The first bodies have been brought ashore of the hundreds feared killed on Sunday in the deadliest shipwreck involving migrants trying to reach

Europe News

EU sets up migrant task force

European ministers have put forward a 10-point plan in response to the ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. It includes boosting EU search

World

Migrant crisis: What options does Europe have?

Another hulk vessel in which hundreds drowned lies on the Mediterranean Sea bed. The latest loss of migrants’ lives is the worst since October 2013

World News

Migrants accept death risk, enrich Mediterranean traffickers

Hundreds of immigrant survivors of desperate Mediterranean crossings fill the Lampedusa reception centre. They are among the rising thousands who

Italy

EU under pressure to prevent Mediterranean Sea deaths

As news broke of another migrant ship sinking off the Greek island of Rhodes an Italian patrol ship docked in Malta. The corpses of 24 people