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Desperate race to rescue two year old boy in Spain trapped in borehole

Spain 14/01/2019

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.

no comment 02/01/2019

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.

no comment 30/12/2018

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

A migrant woman and her child safely disembark in Malaga.

View 27/12/2018

‘Ambulances of the sea’ are being targeted – and thousands will die in the Med because of it | 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.

Spain 26/12/2018

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.

brussels bureau 24/09/2018

Drones that save lives: when technology helps in an emergency

A summit in Brussels shows the potential of drones in search and rescue operations

Refugees and migrants arrive on a raft on the Greek island of Lesbos.

View 16/09/2018

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.

World 16/09/2018

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".

world news 02/09/2018

Athens protest over treatment of migrants

A protest was held in Athens to bring attention to the increasingly hostile treatment of migrants by some EU countries

Italy 21/08/2018

Search continues for Italian flood victims

Emergency services in southern Italy are continuing their search of a gorge in Calabria that flooded on Monday killing at least ten people

Italy 19/08/2018

Genoa: Rescue operations have ended

It's after all missing people have been recovered. The operation will focus on collecting evidence for the investigation

Switzerland 17/08/2018

Melting glacier reveals WWII plane wreckage

A melting glacier in Switzerland has uncovered the crash site of a World War Two plane that came down in the alps

Japan 12/08/2018

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.

Indonesia 11/08/2018

The number of victims of an earthquake in Indonesia doubles

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

France 10/08/2018

Campsite owners detained in French floods investigation

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.

world news 09/08/2018

Europe's heatwave puts fresh focus on drowning danger

Countries are issuing warnings about the danger of drowning as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave.

Spain 09/08/2018

Spain takes in 87 more migrants

Eighty-seven more migrants arrived in southern Spain on Thursday after being rescued off the coast of Libya

Indonesia 09/08/2018

Indonesia is hit by third quake in two weeks as death toll rises

Indonesia has been rocked anew by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Indonesia 08/08/2018

WATCH: Thousands left homeless and awaiting urgent aid arrivals in Indonesia

Thousands of people are awaiting urgent aid on the Indonesian island of Lombok after a powerful earthquake left them homeless and without food, clean water or medical care. Search and rescue efforts continue as many are still feared to be trapped underneath the wreckage.

Indonesia 07/08/2018

WATCH - Rescue efforts underway to save people trapped under wreckage of Indonesian earthquake

Search and rescue teams are scouring the rubble of a collapsed mosque on the Indonesian island of Lombok as worshippers are thought to be trapped beneath. It’s just one of the rescue efforts underway on the island after it was hit by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Sunday.