Rescue

A ten-metre-long male sperm whale, which was entangled in fishing nets, has been freed by the Italian coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea. The illegal fishing net had prevented the whale from moving its tail fin.

Vessels have been forced to introduce radical changes in a bid to contain the virus among those rescued at sea.

We explain the EU's coronavirus rescue deal and how it aims to provide safety nets for workers, businesses and EU countries hit by the pandemic.

Around 60 fire trucks raced to the 12-storey apartment block as smoke and flames spread through the building.

A polie officer pulled the deer’s front legs but failed to lift it out of the pool and had to call for back-up.

At least five people have died following the collapse.

Helicopters battle raging bushfires in Australia

Adriatik Bode was one of the survivors of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that has so far left 40 people dead.

A woman rescued a badly burnt and wailing koala from an Australian bushfire on Tuesday (November 19) The marsupial was spotted crossing a road amongst the flames near Long Flat in New South Wales

Stormy weather pounded Italy over the weekend causing flash floods and evacuations in the country's northwest

The elephant got separated from its herd and was stuck in a deep swamp filled with muddy water. It took them two to three hours to free the elephant.

Commuters on a crowded subway platform in Buenos Aires came to the rescue of a woman who fell directly onto the tracks of an oncoming subway train on Tuesday (October 15).

"The arrested person, a 67-year-old man from Ruinerwold, is one of the six persons discovered this Monday in the house," said police.

Rescuers from the Krabi Pitakpracha Foundation captured a four-metre-long king cobra.

In order to prevent him from falling, the rescuers quickly fastened a security rope around his chest, while residents from the building held out quilt below.

Rescuers in eastern India's Mayurbhanj district freed a cobra whose head was stuck in a beer can on Saturday

The animal is pulled free and then runs into nearby woodland.

Two rescue operations after flooding in Spain showed Spanish authorities pulling people to safety.

Workers battled waist-high floodwaters to get to those who were stranded after two days of torrential rain.

Rescue efforts were underway in the Spanish village of Pilar de la Horadada on Friday (September 13), as a third person died due to the series of floods across the Southern region

A bear cub trapped in a dumpster in California managed to free itself when deputies placed a ladder in the container.

Rescue operations are underway after recent floods destroyed roads and trapped residents in southwest China's Sichuan province.

Five elephants were rescued this week after getting trapped in a large muddy hole in Malaysia. Local media reported that the elephants were found stuck on August 20. in an abandoned illegal mining pool, located in Pahang's forest reserve, about 200 kilometres east of capital Kuala Lumpur.

In the dead of night, Thai firefighter Pinyo Pukpinyo stealthily approaches a python coiled around the rafters of a home in Bangkok and quickly grabs its head with his bare hands.