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Udderly petrifying: Helicopter rescues stranded cow in Italy

Italy's fire brigade rescued a cow stranded near the coast in Stintino, Italy.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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."

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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

World News

Euroviews. 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.

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.

Europe News

Drones that save lives: when technology helps in an emergency

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

World News

Euroviews. 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 News

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

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

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

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