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13 kidnapped soldiers released from Damascus' Harasta

Atotalof13SyriansoldierswhowerekidnappedbytherebelsintheDamascus'easterncityofHarastawerereleasedonThursday,aspartofanagreementthatwillseetheevacuationofrebelsa

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Philippines prepares for three-month-long volcano emergency

ThePhilippinesisbracingforapossiblethree-month-longemergencyinareasaroundaneruptingvolcano,whichhasalreadydisplacedmorethan81,000andledtoovercrowdedtemporaryshe

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Explosions hit major military warehouse in central Ukraine

AseriesofexplosionsrippedthroughamajormilitarywarehouseinUkraine'scentralVinnytsyaregiononTuesday,forcingmassevacuationanddisruptingtraffic,authoritiessaid.Acco

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Explosives experts defuse second world war bomb in Frankfurt

GermanexplosivesexpertsdefusedamassivesecondworldwarbombinthefinancialcapitalofFrankfurtonSundayaftertensofthousandsofpeopleevacuatedtheirhomes.About60,000peopl

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'Blockbuster' WWII bomb forces evacuation of 60,000 in Frankfurt

Atleast60,000peoplewereforcedtoleavetheirhomesincentralFrankfurtonSunday,asGermanybeginsanoperationtodefuseahugeunexplodedWorldWarIIbombdubbed"blockbuster".Theo

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Fighting to free besieged southern Philippine city "likely" to prolong

TheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross(ICRC)saidonThursdaythecontinuingclashestoretakethebesiegedsouthernPhilippinecityofMarawi"willlikelyprolong.""Thecontinuin

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Death toll hits 112 in blast against Syrian Shiite evacuees

The death toll of the bombing that rocked the convoy of Shiite evacuees in northern Syria rose to 112, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor group reported on Sunday.

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UN estimates thousands still remain in Syria's eastern Aleppo

The United Nations on Thursday estimated that thousands of people still remain in eastern Aleppo as evacuations escorted by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) continued overnight and throughout the day in the besieged northern Syrian city, a UN spokesman told reporters.

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Aleppo rebel evacuation back on: Syria military source

A new agreement has been reached for the evacuation of rebel fighters from the last pocket of territory they control in Aleppo, a senior Syrian military source told AFP Thursday.

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Rebel evacuation from Syria's Aleppo due to start

​The evacuation of the remaining rebels from Syria's northern city of Aleppo will start soon, the Syrian army said on Thursday.

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Philippine gov't monitoring evacuation centers to prevent prostitution: official

The Philippine government assured Thursday that concerned agencies are closely monitoring the situation in evacuation centers in Central and Southern Philippines to prevent the alleged cases of prostitution or human trafficking there.