Children are among 23 people dead after a small aircraft crashed while flying over a mountain range in Nepal
KATHMANDU (Nepal) - A small plane crashed in Nepal on Wednesday in a mountainous region of northern Nepal due to bad...
GERMANY - Two passenger trains have collided near the town of Bad Aibling in the southern German state of Bavaria. At least ten people have been killed and 108 injured. The crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday...
Several babies and children drowned on Saturday when a boat struck rocks and capsized en route to the Greek island
ANKARA (Turkey) - At least 30 people, including five children, drowned off Turkey’s western coast Saturday, Their boat was heading...
At least six people were killed and over 100 injured as a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit India's Manipur region today, causing damage to buildings and triggering panic.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was 57 kilometers (35 miles) deep,...
UK flooding: Government faces calls to overhaul flood defences in showdown talks with key groups
Flood defences "overwhelmed" by recent record rainfall will be fixed and bolstered in a £40m package of spending, the prime minister has said.
Thousands of homes...
A fire has engulfed a Dubai hotel close to where the city is about to hold its New Year celebrations.
DUBAI (UAE) - The 63-storey Hotel in Dubai's Downtown is on fire, with the flames reaching from the ground floor...
Pakistan Government and Internation donors join hands to enhance and Response in Sindh
SUKKUR (Pakistan) - A new Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF) has been opened in Sukkur on Thursday. This HRF will be the second one in Sindh (and the sixth...
ISLAMABAD - A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit Tajikistan, according to the US Geological Survey.
The earthquake's epicenter was located 109 kilometers (68 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 133 kilometers (83 miles) northeast of Khorugh, Tajikistan. The depth of...
A series of photographs from across Pakistan will be displayed at the World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome, Italy from 9 to 13 November.
The exhibition depict Pakistan's impressive recovery following recurrent natural and manmade disasters such as earthquakes, flooding...
Islamabad - The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) signed a joint work plan here on Tuesday to promote a child centred disaster risk reduction approach in Pakistan. Chairman NDMA, Major General Asghar...
