World News

Almost 100 bodies wash up in Libya, EU leaders call for greater cooperation

The Libyan Red Crescent says at least 95 bodies have washed ashore on the coast of Libya. Some 85 were found near the capital Tripoli and ten

06/10/2015

Guatemala

No more survivors expected after Guatemala mudslide

Hopes fade of finding any remaining survivors under the rubble of a collapsed hillside on the outskirts of Guatemala City. At least 73 people have

04/10/2015

Italy

Sardinia: 781 migrants brought ashore

The media focus on migrants may have currently shifted to central Europe and Hungary. But the flow of arrivals continues on the shores of southern

03/09/2015

Russia

Exhausted animals rescued from flooded zoo in Ussuriysk, Russia

Rescuers have evacuating exhausted and starving animals which became been trapped for days at a flooded zoo in the Russian city of Ussuriysk. So far

02/09/2015

Austria

Austria: Afghan teenagers rescued from van which had doors welded shut

Amid Europe’s migrant crisis, Austrian police say they have rescued 24 Afghan teenagers from a van which had its doors welded shut. The vehicle was

02/09/2015

Indonesia

Indonesian rescue teams find 54 bodies at plane crash site

Indonesian search and rescue teams have found the bodies of 54 people on board a passenger jet which went down over the weekend, confirming there

18/08/2015

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Chinese boy stuck between rock and hard place

12/08/2015

Italy

Italy: 800 rescued migrants brought ashore

Around eight-hundred migrants have been brought to the Italian port of Reggio Calabria. They were picked up from boats in the Mediterranean during

08/08/2015

Italy

Migrants from capsized boat arrive in Palermo

Irish navy vessel arrives in Italian port of Palermo carrying some 370 survivors and 25 bodies of those caught up in the latest Mediterranean tragedy.

06/08/2015

World News

Boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in Mediterranean

A boat packed with up to 700 migrants has overturned in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. It happened just as ships were coming to its

05/08/2015

Spain

Madrid apartment building collapses

A four-storey apartment building in Madrid has collapsed just hours after firefighters evacuated residents. Occupants heard creaking at 4am and

03/08/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: Army says it has freed 178 Boko Haram captives

Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. It said the captives – more than 100 of them children –

03/08/2015

World News

We've rescued 5,500 migrants from sea in three months, says charity

29/07/2015

USA

Stranded white shark is rescued by activists

Conservation activists in Massachusetts have successfully rescued a juvenile white shark after it washed up onto shore, getting stuck in the sand

16/07/2015

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Save the bear!

12/07/2015

Italy

Status approved, but nowhere to go: refugees form makeshift camp in Italy

Home is where you lay your head, or so it seems for a group of people in southern Italy. Dozens have set up camp near the Crotone railway station in

04/07/2015

Turkey

Ten-month-old baby rescued from sea off Turkey

In Turkey, a ten-month-old baby has been rescued after drifting a kilometre out to sea in an inflatable crib. The coastguard released a video showing

04/07/2015

Colombia

Mother and baby survive plane crash and five days in the jungle

25/06/2015

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China: Woman rescued from collapsed building

15/06/2015

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Mediterranean migrant crisis: 6,000 rescued in one weekend

08/06/2015