Search and rescue
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.
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Rescuers searching for 140 people after missing Indonesian passenger ship sinks
One dead, more than 30 missing after Vanuatu ferry sinks, Prime Minister Jotham Napat's office says
Israeli aid delegation arrives in Colombia to assist with post-quake rescue operations
Israel is one of the four countries, alongside the US, Ecuador, and El Salvador, to have been requested by Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella to send a search-and-rescue team.
Israel sends 80-person rescue delegation to earthquake-hit Colombia
The delegation, headed by the commander of the Home Front Command's National Rescue and Rescue Unit, Brig.-General (res.) Yossi Pinto, includes both regular duty soldiers and reservists.
Israel sends aid delegation to Colombia in aftermath of earthquake that killed at least 250 people
Emergency teams aided by police, soldiers and volunteers have been working with excavators and, at times, their bare hands, hunting for survivors beneath debris.
Colombia continues search and rescue operations after earthquake, over 250 killed
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, killing at least 250 people.
Twelve-year-old Israeli killed after boat capsizes on Jordan River
The Israel Fire and Rescue Authority and Israel Police officers searched for the boy, but he was lifeless by the time he was located.
More than 150 migrants rescued by French, British teams after boat caught fire in English Channel
At the end of the operation, 157 people had been rescued and brought to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France.
Seven family members located after suffering heat exhaustion in Nahal Gov area of southern Israel
Volunteers had begun the search earlier in the day, after a woman had contacted emergency services after losing contact with her husband and their six kids.
Five dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire near island in Indonesia
Search and rescue is working to rescue people from the water after the ferry carrying 250 people caught fire.
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