Torrential rain flooded parts of Connecticut and New York’s Long Island, washing out roads, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, and sweeping two people into a river. Two women died in …
After 20 months, seven sandbagging campaigns and various efforts to ward off mother nature’s pulling tides, the Geraldton Marine Rescue building demolition started on Tuesday morning. An agreement made between …
The Margaret River surfing community is in mourning after the shock loss of one of the region’s best-known veteran surfers. Aaron Beveridge was among a group of the bravest big-wave …
The National Disaster Centre raised the toll again to 2,000 in a letter to the United Nations on Sunday that was released publicly on Monday. The landslide also caused major …
India pulled out its last remaining soldiers stationed in the Maldives on Friday, meeting a deadline for their withdrawal that had strained ties between the two neighbours. Pro-China President Mohamed …
Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-storey apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried …
Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. The Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer, along with its European partner Airbus, can continue …
A large “HELP” sign made out of palm leaves saved the lives of three stranded sailors on a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean for more than a week after …
Observers warn of a “ticking time bomb”, saying worse conflict between locals and refugees is inevitable without a concerted effort to counteract the false narratives against the Rohingya. Khan, who …
The Nigerian army on Sunday rescued students and staff who were abducted by gunmen from a school in the country’s north earlier this month, the military said, days before a …