STORY: On Tuesday (January 24), the vessel, operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), picked up 69 migrants south of Malta, including 9 women and 25 minors, and was told to go to the northern port of ...

Italy's new anti-immigration decree that aims to curtail NGO rescue ships should be scrapped as it violates international law ...

In recent weeks rescue ships with hundreds of people onboard have been assigned ports in central and northern Italy including Livorno in Tuscany and Ravenna, a port on the Adriatic coast.

Italy’s right-wing government has approved new measures to fine charities who rescue asylum seekers at sea and impound their ships if they break new rules, possibly putting thousands of people ...

Police in northeastern Japan say two people have been rescued from the site of a landslide that engulfed structures, including houses. The disaster occurred in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture.

(ANSAmed) - ROME, 2 JANUARY - Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rescued a total of 85 migrants from two capsized or struggling boats off Libya at Italy's request on Sunday night and Monday morning. The ...

They accused Italy of seeking to reduce the amount of time charity vessels can remain on search and rescue (SAR) missions, pointing to a recent practice whereby boats have been told to take ...

Italy will seize NGO rescue ships who do not have permission to enter international waters or have been found to violate the rules, said the country's prime minister on Tuesday. In a video ...

Civil organizations engaged in search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea Thursday released a joint statement condemning Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s new decree. 20 civil ...

On Wednesday (December 28), Italy’s far right government approved a cabinet decree which imposes tougher rules on charity ships that rescue migrants at sea, reported Reuters. These rules will ...

The National Search and Rescue Centre has carried out a medical evacuation after a landslide took place in Dafra, Abu Dhabi. The rescue mission was conducted yesterday, December 30, for two people ...

A woman, who was injured in a landslide in Sharjah on Sunday, was rescued by authorities. The National Search and Rescue Centre posted a video of the rescue effort on its official Instagram account.