Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, two missing
Updated: 4:25pm (AEST) Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters Landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, local authorities said on Monday. The local government in South Sulawesi also reported that two people were in a critical condition in hospital. […]
Three castaways rescued after a week on remote Pacific islet, US Coast Guard says
Reuters Three castaways stranded for a week on a desert island in the western Pacific Ocean were rescued after a US Navy aircraft searching for them spotted palm fronds that the trio used to spell out the word “H-E-L-P” on a sandy beach. The US Coast Guard’s logo is seen on an helicopter on the […]
Nigerian army rescues abducted Kaduna students
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters 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 the deadline for a ransom payment. A boy holds a sign to protest against, what a teacher, local councillor and parents said, the […]
Valencia mourns tower block fire victims as death toll rises to 10
Valencia, Spain Reuters The victims of a huge fire that ripped through an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia were mourned on Saturday as authorities said the death toll had risen to 10. The blaze, fanned by strong winds, broke out on Thursday evening in the affluent El Campanar district. A fire burns […]
Floods in India’s Sikkim state leave 10 dead, 82 missing
Guwahati/New Delhi Reuters At least 10 people were killed in India’s state of Sikkim and 82 others, including 23 army personnel, were missing after heavy rainfall caused the glacial Lhonak lake to overflow, spurring catastrophic flooding in the region on Wednesday, officials said. The north-eastern state received 40.9 mm of rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday […]
Myanmar rescuers recover 22 bodies after a deadly landslide
Reuters Rescue teams in northern Myanmar have found 22 bodies following a huge landslide at the weekend near a jade mine, a rescue worker and a local journalist said on Tuesday. There were 42 people declared missing, many of them scavengers searching for small pieces of jade, according to Tar Lin Maung, a local journalist. […]
Child plane crash survivors in “acceptable” state of health
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an “acceptable” state of health, the government said on Saturday. The siblings were found on Friday in Caqueta province after weeks of searching by the military, Indigenous […]
India rescue work ends as focus turns to cause of worst train crash in decades
Bahanaga, India Reuters Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after the country’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people. The death toll from Friday’s crash was revised down from 288 after it was found that some […]
Nepali sherpa saves Malaysian climber in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue
Kathmandu, NepalReuters A Malaysian climber narrowly survived after a Nepali sherpa guide hauled him down from below the summit of Mount Everest in a “very rare” high altitude rescue, a government official said on Wednesday. Ngima Tashi Sherpa walks as he carries a Malaysian climber while rescuing him from the death zone above camp four […]
Dozens of bodies float ashore in Libya after migrant boats sink
Tripoli, LibyaReuters At least 57 bodies have been washed ashore after two migrant boats sank in the Mediterranean off different towns in western Libya, a coast guard officer and an aid worker said on Tuesday. Migrants rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea arrive in Garaboli, Libya, on 25th April, 2023. PICTURE: […]