TheCrownProsecutionServiceistoannouncewhetherindividualsandorganisationswillfacecriminalchargesovertheHillsboroughdisaster.TheCPSsaiditwouldrevealitsdecisionsto
ThreeformerexecutivesatFukushima'soperatorstandtrialthisweekontheonlycriminalchargeslaidinthe2011disaster,asthousandsremainunabletoreturntohomesneartheshuttered
ForestfiresinPortugalsome200kilometersnortheastofthecapitalLisbonhavekilledatleast64people,with160othersinjured.Firefightersandwater-droppingaircrafthavecontinu
Afterdevastatingfiresclaimedthelivesofsevenpeopleanddestroyedhundredsofhomes,thetownofGardenRouteinKnysna,SouthAfrica,isslowlyrebuildingandresidentsarepraisingf
Myanmar's parliament has approved the country taking part in the signing of an international agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Russia on disaster relief, Myanmar News Agency reported Wednesday.
Myanmar'sparliamenthasapprovedthecountrytakingpartinthesigningofaninternationalagreementbetweentheAssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN)andRussiaondisasterre
The Red Cross Society of China, on Tuesday, donated US 100,000 dollars to the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) supporting Sri Lankas relief and rebuilding efforts on the present disaster of flooding and landslides.
ApowerfulquakestrikingcentralIndonesiaonMondayeveninghasleftfivepeoplewounded,anddozensofhousesandbuildingsdamaged,nationaldisasteragencysaidhereonTuesday.Thevi
ByAPDWriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,May30(APD)-TheRedCrossSocietyofChina,onTuesday,donatedUS100,000dollarstotheSriLankaRedCrossSociety(SLRCS)supportingSriLankasrelie
Heavy downpours triggered another landslide in Bali resort island in central Indonesia on Saturday, bringing the total casualty of the disaster to 13 people with 5 others wounded, a senior official of Bali disaster agency said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday offered condolences to Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on the deadly flooding in southern Thailand and pledged to provide necessary aid.
Whirlwind has struck Yogyakarta and East Java provinces of western Indonesia, leaving 2 people dead and 10 others injured with nearly 300 houses and infrastructure facilities damaged, disaster agency official disclosed earlier Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on building elements of disaster risk reduction into all development projects, global risk mapping for all type of disasters and use of social media for disaster risk management, as part his 10-point agenda for renewing efforts for disaster risk reduction.
Rescuers have recovered 27 bodies and are searching for 22 missing persons after flashfloods and landslides struck West Java province in western Indonesia on Wednesday and Tuesday, a spokesman from the national disaster agency said Friday.
Death toll of flashfloods and landslides in West Java province of Indonesia rose to 23 with 15 people missing and 32 others injured, local disaster agency official said on Wednesday.
China will spend 36 million yuan (5.4 million U.S. dollars) on geological disaster surveys in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said Sunday.
Floods and landslides in western Indonesia's Central Java Province have left 24 people dead and 26 others missing, a senior official at the country's disaster management agency said on Sunday.