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Nepal PM appeals for $2bn to rebuild country after quakes
May 17, 2015 (AFP)
Nepal's prime minister on Sunday appealed for $2 billion to rebuild his country, shattered by two massive earthquakes in three weeks that have killed thousands ...
British aid helicopters turned back from Nepal
May 16, 2015 (AFP)
Three British helicopters sent to help with rescue efforts in Nepal following a devastating earthquake are to return without being used, the British government ...
EU firms up plans to tackle smugglers as more boat migrants rescued
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
The European Union firmed up plans to crack down on people smugglers in the Mediterranean on Thursday as Italy said another 2,000 migrants were rescued at sea. ...
Search and Rescue Tool Pinpoints Buried Victims
May 14, 2015 (SPX)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S and T), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ...
Nepalis hit by twin quakes left to rebuild lives alone
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
Krishna Prajapati's house in the historic Nepali town of Bhaktapur only just withstood last month's massive earthquake, but a second one this week proved too mu...
Migrants in Indonesia could spend months in Aceh camps: IOM
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
Nearly 600 boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh stranded in northwest Indonesia were moved to a larger shelter Wednesday, where migrant groups expect they co...
MH370 search finds uncharted shipwreck
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
The hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has uncovered a previously uncharted shipwreck deep underwater, leading officials to say Wednesday that if t...
Rescuers battle to reach survivors of new Nepal quake
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
Rescuers battled Wednesday to reach survivors of a deadly new earthquake in Nepal that triggered landslides and brought down buildings, as hundreds of troops se...
FINDER Search and Rescue Technology Helped Save Lives in Nepal
May 12, 2015 (JPL)
In the wreckage of a collapsed textile factory and another building in the Nepalese village of Chautara, four men were rescued, thanks to a NASA technology that...
Australia to commit extra $63 million to MH370 search
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
Australia will contribute an extra Aus$79.6 million (US$63.4 million) over the next two years to the search for missing airline MH370 if it is not found in the ...
Iran should send aid ship to Djibouti, not Yemen: US
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
An Iranian ship purportedly carrying aid to Yemen should change course and head to Djibouti where the United Nations is overseeing humanitarian deliveries, US o...
Red Cross, Nepal firm launch emergency texting service
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
The Red Cross and a Nepalese telecom firm launched an emergency texting service on Monday to send out real-time updates on aid distribution and weather warnings...
Nepal quake leaves century-old library in ruins
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Janaki Karmacharya sits on a plastic chair under the tarpaulin that now serves as her office and despairs at the wreckage of her once magnificent library in the...
NY nuclear plant spills oil into Hudson
May 11, 2015 (UPI)
Oil spilled into the Hudson River in New York following the failure of a transformer at a nuclear power station, state Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed. Unit 3 of th...
U.S. deploying V-22 squadron to Japan
May 11, 2015 (UPI)
A U.S. squadron of special operations CV-22 Osprey aircraft are to be based in Japan beginning in 2017, the Department of Defense announced on Monday. Three of ...
Quake-hit Nepal denies entry to British helicopters
May 10, 2015 (AFP)
Nepal's government said Sunday it has denied entry to three British military helicopters sent to help the earthquake relief effort because of fears they could d...
'We've lost everything': Nepal Sherpas fear for future after quake
May 10, 2015 (AFP)
Mount Everest record holder Apa Sherpa ran for his life when a huge earthquake hit Nepal, and now fears for the future after the disaster cut short the climbing...
Five years after quake, Haiti hospital clings to hope
May 09, 2015 (AFP)
In the five years since Port-au-Prince was devastated by an earthquake, staff at Haiti's largest hospital have had to resort to examining patients in shipping c...
Saudi announces Yemen humanitarian ceasefire
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia Friday announced a humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen starting May 12, even as it stepped up retaliatory air strikes on Shiite Huthi rebels in the nor...
German navy ships rescue migrants in Mediterranean
May 08, 2015 (AFP)
Two German navy ships on Friday rescued nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the defence ministry said, days after it joined a b...
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