Japanese racing pigeon flies across Pacific to Canada
A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its progeny will make top long-distance racers.
Foreign aid required to eliminate major oil spills at Kashagan
Large-scale oil spills at Kashagan can only be eliminated by the British company that worked on spills in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
China newborn rescued from toilet pipe: report
A newborn baby boy was rescued from a sewage pipe in a Chinese apartment building after being flushed down a toilet.
All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesia mine tunnel
Rescuers have recovered seven more bodies from a collapsed mine tunnel in eastern Indonesia, taking the accident's final toll to 28.
Kazakhstan to create rescue team at Caspian Sea
Kazakhstan Emergency Situations Ministry will form a rescue team at the Caspian Sea.
Kiribati fishermen survive a month adrift in Pacific: report
Two fishermen from Kiribati were rescued after surviving almost four weeks adrift in the Pacific, surviving on raw fish and rain water.
Bangladesh garment trade under fire as disaster toll rises
Rescuers in Bangladesh Thursday hunted for survivors in a collapsed building as the death toll rose to 152 and criticism mounted of foreign firms that source cheap clothes from the country.
Rescuers in China scrabble to find quake survivors
Thousands of rescue workers combed through flattened villages in southwest China on Sunday in a race to find survivors from a powerful quake as the toll of dead and missing rose past 200.
Death toll in Bangladesh ferry sinking rises to 14
- Rescue divers on Saturday pulled out 12 more bodies from a ferry that sank near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with around 100 people aboard, raising the death toll from the latest boat disaster to 14.
Rescuers struggle to aid Solomons quake victims
Relief workers scrambled to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands Saturday, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continued to jolt the remote Pacific region.
Twenty rescued as floods sweep northeast Australia
A teenage boy was dramatically rescued from surging floodwaters as he clung to a tree Friday, while others were plucked from stranded cars and homes as floods swept northeastern Australia.
Islamists claim French botch hostage rescue in Somalia
Somali Islamists claimed Saturday that a French commando unit had botched an attempt overnight to free a hostage in southern Somalia, leaving several dead.
Kazakhstan searching for missing MI-8 chopper in Almaty oblast
Rescue teams are searching for MI-823 helicopter with 8 people on board that went missing in Almaty oblast two days ago.
22 dead in floods, 60,000 displaced: govt official
Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and displaced tens of thousands of villagers over the past week.
Robben Island penguins hit by fuel from wrecked tanker
Fuel leaking from a Turkish freighter wreck that has been smashed up by a storm has contaminated at least five penguins on South Africa's Robben Island.
After drenching New Orleans, Isaac threatens dam
Authorities in two states along the US Gulf Coast urged residents to seek shelter Thursday amid fears a dam could fail, as a weakening Isaac doused an already drenched region.
Afghans among 54 rescued from asylum boat
Afghans were among the 54 survivors from an asylum-seeker boat that disappeared two days ago off the Indonesian coast, but hopes of finding about 100 more missing were fading fast on Friday.
Death toll from S. Korea typhoon climbs to 15
South Korean rescuers Wednesday resumed a search for 10 missing crewmen from two Chinese fishing boats as the confirmed death toll from a strong typhoon rose to 15.
Iran quake kills 306, search for dead continues
Twin earthquakes that devastated rural villages in northwest Iran killed a total of 306 people, most of them women and children.
Iran steps up relief efforts after quakes kill 227
Iran on Sunday stepped up relief operations in shattered villages in its northeast after saying rescue operations were completed following a double earthquake which cost 227 lives and injured 1,380 people.
