Spain Could this drone help save migrant lives in the Mediterranean? Spanish engineers are developing a specially-adapted drone that can aid lifesaving migrant search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. 31/05/2019
no comment Homes flooded as rivers burst banks in Bosnia Homes and roads have been flooded in several parts of Bosnia after rivers broke their banks following heavy rains, triggering concerns Tuesday of a repeat of floods five years ago when dozens died 14/05/2019
no comment Udderly petrifying: Helicopter rescues stranded cow in Italy Italy's fire brigade rescued a cow stranded near the coast in Stintino, Italy. 02/04/2019
Belgium Operation Sophia: EU to scale back Mediterranean rescue mission The European Union is set to end the navy patrols aimed at preventing migrants from making the perilous Mediterranean Sea crossing from North Africa to Europe. 27/03/2019
Iraq Nearly 80 killed in Iraq after overloaded ferry sinks Officials told Reuters most of the victims were women and children who could not swim. 21/03/2019
Spain Watch in 360°: Spanish military practices extreme winter rescues In this immersive report, you can accompany the 2nd Battalion of the Military Emergencies Unit during its annual severe winter storms rescue manoeuvres in the Sierra Nevada mountains in southern Spain. 25/02/2019
Spain Hard terrain slows efforts to reach Spanish child trapped in well A team of miners is edging closer in efforts to find a two-year-old boy who fell down a well in southern Spain 12 days ago. However, the hard terrain has slowed them down. 25/01/2019
Spain Miners enter rescue tunnel to find missing Spanish 2-year-old Miners enter rescue tunnel to find missing Spanish 2-year-old believed to be trapped in well 24/01/2019
United Kingdom 'My plane looks like it's going to fall apart,' Sala told family Police on Wednesday evening said that intensive search efforts, including multiple aircraft and one lifeboat, had "found no trace of the missing plane." 23/01/2019
Spain Rescue of Spanish toddler trapped in well hits a major snag Engineers say they have been delayed in digging a tunnel across to find the two-year-old boy. 21/01/2019
Spain Desperate race to rescue two year old boy in Spain trapped in borehole Rescue workers are desperately hoping that Julen Rossello will still be alive by the time they reach him. 19/01/2019
Spain Spain blocks rescue ship from leaving Barcelona port The Spanish government is preventing a rescue ship from leaving Barcelona after Malta and Italy closed its ports. 14/01/2019
no comment Infant found alive in rubble after Russian gas blast A baby boy has been found alive on Tuesday (January 1) after 35 hours spent in freezing cold in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsed in an explosion. 02/01/2019
no comment India steps up efforts to rescue trapped miners High pressure pumps and divers from the Indian Navy were brought to Ksan in northeastern India on Saturday (December 29) to aid rescue operations for 15 coal miners trapped underground since December 13 30/12/2018
View Criminalising sea rescues will not stop us saving lives | View Premeditated legal charges, smears and accusations may have forced Médecins Sans Frontières and SOS MEDITERRANEE to cease their search and rescue operations, but they will not stop NGOs trying to save lives in the Mediterranean. 27/12/2018
Spain Hundreds of rescued migrants spend Christmas at sea Rescued migrants en route to Spain have been keeping their Christmas spirits up amid likely difficult conditions at sea. 26/12/2018
brussels bureau Drones that save lives: when technology helps in an emergency A summit in Brussels shows the potential of drones in search and rescue operations 24/09/2018
View About the Mediterranean, start with saving lives | View European leaders should not allow their vision of a humane asylum policy to be held hostage by fear. 16/09/2018
World Migrant boat 'spends hours in distress off Libyan coast' German NGO Sea Watch described the lack of action as "a clear case of non-assistance". 16/09/2018
world news Increasing anger treatment of migrants by some EU countries A protest was held in Athens to bring attention to the increasingly hostile treatment of migrants by some EU countries 02/09/2018
Italy At least three still missing after Italian flash flood Emergency services in southern Italy are continuing their search of a gorge in Calabria that flooded on Monday killing at least ten people 21/08/2018
Italy Genoa: Rescue operations have ended It's after all missing people have been recovered. The operation will focus on collecting evidence for the investigation 19/08/2018
Switzerland World War Two plane crash site revealed by melting glacier A melting glacier in Switzerland has uncovered the crash site of a World War Two plane that came down in the alps 17/08/2018
Japan Japan police step up search for missing French woman Japanese police and volunteers stepped up their their search for a 36 year old Frech women who went missing two weeks ago. Tiphaine Veron has not been seen after leaving her lodging in Nikko, a popular tourist destination north of Tokyo. 12/08/2018
Indonesia Officials say quake death toll could rise further Almost 400 people are known to have died in an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok last Sunday and officials say the number of victims is still rising 11/08/2018
France Divers searching for missing man Two German campsite owners have been detained and face possible charges after nine children were injured in flooding in southern France and an elderly man went missing. 10/08/2018
