Italy is the first port of call for thousands of people who try to cross the Mediterranean, and rescue charities have often been targeted by political parties pledging to stem the arrivals.

Case of the Iuventa became a symbol of what activists say are growing attempts to criminalise refugee aid workers Judges in Sicily have acquitted all crew members of an NGO rescue boat who had ...

ANDREA AND BRIAN KINCAID MOVED INTO WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THEIR DREAM HOME LAST JULY. BUT NOW A LANDSLIDE HAS TURNED THAT DREAM INTO MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. WE JUST BOUGHT THIS HOUSE IN JULY ...

Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue dozens of pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters ...

The judges in the Sicilian city of Trapani decided not to proceed to trial against 10 crew members involved in the so-called Iuventa case, named after the rescue ... real danger. Italy’s ...

Case of the Iuventa became a symbol of what activists say are growing attempts to criminalise refugee aid workers Judges in Sicily have acquitted all crew members of an NGO rescue boat who had ...

South Strabane Emergency Management leaders say a couple thousand tons of dirt fell in a major landslide, right next to Route 40 near the I-79 interstate. The landslide happened around 6:30 p.m ...

ROME — An Italian court on Friday dismissed a long-running case against rescue ship crews of three ... Sea whose lives were not in real danger. Italy’s Interior Ministry had joined the lawsuit ...

"These unfounded accusations have attempted to tarnish the work of humanitarian search and rescue teams for years," Doctors Without Borders International President Christos Christou said. The court in ...

A total of 11 people are missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of south China''s Guangdong Province in ...

The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago. Lydia Simon was rescued along with her three children by ...