Search and rescue
UN: At least 109 migrants, including 15 children dead after boat from Djibouti to Yemen capsizes
"Our teams are on the ground alongside local authorities to provide emergency assistance," said IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti Alexandre Coissac.
Missing Israeli tourist's body found on Mount Olympus after weeks of searching by Israeli team
Hatzalah to dispatch drone rescue team to aid search for missing Israeli tourist on Mount Olympus
Before they were “more than 1,200”
Indonesian rescuers race to fine 129 missing passengers of capsized ship in Java Sea
Choppy waters with high waves and strong winds were impeding the search on Monday, said Mohammad Syafii, head of the national rescue agency.
'A modern-day miracle': US airman shot down over Iran recounts survival, rescue on 60 Minutes
"It was perfectly clear to me that we'd been hit because of the violence of that impact... The best way I've been able to describe that moment was: getting hit by a freight train," said 'Bravo.'
Rescuers searching for 140 people after missing Indonesian passenger ship sinks
The Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact early on Sunday during bad weather.
One dead, more than 30 missing after Vanuatu ferry sinks, Prime Minister Jotham Napat's office says
Napat's office said the search "in open waters is being eased off whilst efforts move toward a search along the south-east coast, where currents may have carried survivors."
Police identified Yamam fighter Itai Persson as dead diver found in Haifa's Students Beach
According to official statements, Persson went a kilometer into the sea in a kayak with his uncle and didn't manage to return to the surface during one of the free-diving attempts.
Two people rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel
The two workers pulled from the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station are Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor.
Beneath the rubble: Photojournalist documents Venezuela's earthquake aftermath and Israeli aid
Two weeks after Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes, Photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel documented the rubble and the search for loved ones
Needle-toting cockroaches could be deployed by search-and-rescue teams for lifesaving injections
Scientists from the universities of Queensland and New South Wales have developed paramedic cyborg cockroaches, dubbed "paraborgs," equipped with miniature injection devices and cameras.
IsraAID deploys emergency team to Nepal after deadly floods, landslides
An IsraAID emergency team is heading to Nepal as the country responds to catastrophic flooding and landslides that have killed hundreds and left nearly 1,000 people missing.
Flash flood in Southeast Asia kills 162, hundreds of tourists missing, including one Israeli
Some 384 travelers, including 341 foreign nationals, were reported missing after torrential floods in Nepal. The Foreign Ministry said there is no concern that any Israeli tourists were killed.
