Italy

3 puppies found in Hotel Rigopiano- giving hope to rescue workers

The mood of rescue workers at the Hotel Rigopiano has been sombre over the weekend.

23 January 2017

Italy

Race against time: rescuers work to save those trapped after Italian avalanche

Rescue workers in Italy are in a race against time to find further survivors following last week's avalanche.

23 January 2017

Italy

Italy avalanche: rescue crews battle worsening weather to find survivors

Despite worsening weather conditions, rescue teams in central Italy say they haven’t given up hope of finding more survivors from a hotel which was completely buried by an…

22 January 2017

Chile

Wildfires threaten areas in Chile under state of emergency

A heat wave and high winds are fueling the flames, which have already scorched 50,000 hectares of land

22 January 2017

Italy

Italy avalanche: rescue teams pull out four more survivors

11 people have now reportedly been pulled alive from the rubble of an Italian hotel which was destroyed by an avalanche.

21 January 2017

Italy

Ten found alive in Italy avalanche-hit hotel

Buried under snow for two days, four children and a woman have been pulled from the wreckage of a hotel in central Italy flattened by an avalanche.

21 January 2017

Italy

Digging against time in Italian hotel avalanche rescue

Italian alpine rescuers pull out all in stops in bid to reach survivors buried in avalanche-hit hotel in Abruzzo.

20 January 2017

Italy

Italian rescue teams extract eight survivors from avalanche-hit hotel

Eight survivors rescued from Hotel Rigopiano

20 January 2017

Iran

Tehran building collapse: search for missing firefighters

Rescuers are digging through the rubble of a collapsed building in Tehran, Iran, looking for as many as 25 missing people including firefighters.

20 January 2017

Iran

Iran: rescue work continues into night after Tehran building collapse

Rescue operations continued late on Thursday in the Iranian capital Tehran following the collapse of a shopping centre which had caught fire.

20 January 2017

Italy

Desperate search for survivors of avalanche-hit hotel in Italy continues into the night

Rescue workers face treacherous conditions as they fight against time and the elements to find survivors after an avalanche struck a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy, hours after a series of str

19 January 2017

Italy

Italy: hotel rescuers find no sign of life after avalanche

Impossible to reach by car, emergency workers have been trying to access the Hotel Rigopiano by alternative methods.

19 January 2017

Italy

Italy: rescue teams hampered by heavy snowfall

Heavy snowfall is hampering rescue operations in regions of central Italy affected by Wednesday's earthquakes. Lazio, Marche and Abruzzo were shaken by a wave of strong tremors on Wednesday.

19 January 2017

Italy

Four dead, up to 25 missing, after avalanche hits central Italian hotel

Four people have died and up to 25 are missing after an avalanche struck the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy.

19 January 2017

World News

Flight MH370: underwater search suspended

The underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is suspended, nearly three years after it disappeared.

17 January 2017

Japan

Missing family of four found safe near Japanese ski resort

An Australian mother and her three sons who had been missing for a day from a Japanese ski resort have been rescued.

17 January 2017

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Dog rescues itself from snowy Utah cliff ledge

Search and rescue teams struggled to save a dog stuck on a narrow cliff ledge in snowy Utah.

16 January 2017

World News

20 stuck left dangling on Australian roller coaster

Twenty people have been rescued after they were left dangling for almost two hours at the top of a roller coaster in Australia.

11 January 2017

Indonesia

Search resumes for Indonesia ferry fire victims

The search has resumed for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia. At least five ships and a number of smaller craft have been deployed in the search, according to of

2 January 2017

Indonesia

Ferry fire kills more than 20 near Indonesian capital Jakarta

A fire on board a ferry in Indonesia has killed at least 23 people.

1 January 2017