Prosecutors in Crotone opened an investigation on Thursday into what went wrong in the rescue operation of migrants off the southern Calabrian coast of Italy, as the death toll from the disaster ...

View of the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains, during rescue operations, in Alausi, Ecuador. REUTERS/Karen Toro ...

“The only aim of the decree-law is the blockage of Rescue ships, willingly taking into account the deaths of people on the ...

An estimated 1,300 people are in danger off Calabria, where 73 people recently drowned in a shipwreck that sparked scrutiny of Italy’s rescue operations. The Italian coastguard has asked for ...

Search parties were still working on Monday to find survivors of a landslide in central Ecuador that killed at least 16 ...

Officer Joao Loyola climbed into a river looking for two people who hadn’t been seen since their home collapsed in dangerous landslides. He was one of three rescuers searching the river bank ...

Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by German charity Louise Michel, the NGO and the Italian coastguard service ...

The maritime authorities of the Italian island of Lampedusa have proceeded to detain the rescue vessel ‘Louise Michel’ for ...

A massive landslide has swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least 16 people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors.

The search for dozens of missing people continued Wednesday after deadly landslides hit the Natuna ... local time. Rescue efforts, Muhari added, have been stunted due to "difficulty accessing ...

STORY: A viral video showed the toddler's neighbors rescuing him from a river of mud. The child is now recovering in the San Juan Lurigancho hospital, Peru's state news agency said. More video, ...