
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...

Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Report: Train with chemicals derails in Belgium
Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium. Amateur video ...
Bomb scare: Paris police evacuate Arc de Triomphe
Paris police say tourists have been evacuated from the Arc de Triomphe while authorities check the famed monument for a possible bomb. Police press ...

Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
"Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ...
EU: members need not evacuate Korean missions
The European Union says member countries don't need to evacuate or relocate their diplomatic missions, either in North or South Korea, despite current ...

Argentina: flooding from torrential rains kill 52
At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped ...
Spanish town residents evacuated in heavy rains
Some 600 residents have been evacuated from a town in southwestern Spain for fear of flooding as heavy rains continue to lash much of the country.
Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat
The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, police said. Nearly 1,400 people were sent away from ...

Flooding in Albania forces hundreds of evacuations
Albanian authorities have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes after heavy rains caused flooding in the west of the country.
2 Belfast schools shut over suspected IRA mortar
Northern Ireland police discovered a suspected mortar Friday that was aimed at one of Belfast's biggest police bases in an apparent escalation of ...

Floods endanger 2 dams in Macedonia
Two dams in Macedonia are in danger of collapsing because of extensive flooding caused by four days of torrential rain, while authorities were ...
Israel treats wounded Syrians along frontier
Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment to wounded Syrians who approached the countries' border and then transported them to a hospital in Israel ...

Inmates moved after bloody Venezuela prison clash
Venezuelan authorities finished evacuating more than 2,000 inmates on Sunday from a prison where the government said 58 people were killed in one of ...

Russia denies large Syria evacuation amid fighting
Russia acknowledged Wednesday for the first time that it pulled the families of its diplomats out of Syria long ago, and rejected suggestions that the ...

Russia: no plan for massive evacuation from Syria
Russia announced for the first time Wednesday that it has evacuated families of its diplomats in Syria some time ago but said it is not planning a ...

First Russians evacuated from Syria land in Moscow
The first Russian citizens evacuated from Syria arrived in Moscow overnight. The evacuation of 77 Russians was the first organized by Russia since the ...

Russia starts evacuating nationals from Syria
Key Syrian ally Russia began evacuating its citizens from the country on Tuesday as the civil war gathered momentum in the capital Damascus with ...

Russia's Syria evacuation reflects doubts on Assad
The Kremlin's evacuation of Russians from Syria on Tuesday marks a turning point in its view of the civil war, representing increasing doubts about ...

Moscow to start evacuating Russians from Syria
Russia said Monday it is sending two planes to Lebanon to start evacuating its citizens from Syria, the strongest sign yet that President Bashar ...