Rescue mission

Sri Lanka's cyclone death toll climbs to 355, with 366 missing

Rescuers scramble to clear roads and deliver aid in Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah brought floods and landslides. The storm has now weakened as it moves northwards.

People sit next to furnitures salvaged from a flooded house along the banks of Kelani River, following Cyclone Ditwah in Peliyagoda, Sri Lanka, December 1, 2025.
Firefighters work to extinguish flames, as fire burns bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 26, 2025.

Deadly Hong Kong apartment fire leaves 65 dead, and hundreds missing

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near Mazar-e Sharif, causing widespread damage

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025.

Relatives weep for scores of missing children after deadly Indonesia school collapse


One man rescued overnight in Dead Sea, another two found drowned in Caesarea and Lake Kinneret

After intensive searches of the beaches and sea, the missing man was located in the water, about 2 km south of the beach he was last seen.

A man was rescued by Police in the Dead Sea.

Israel rescues couple after being detained in Indonesia over IDF uniform photos - report

The rescued couple was detained under suspicion of violating their work visas, but Ynet reports that they were harassed due to their Israeli identity.

 Pro-Palestinian supporters take part in a rally calling for an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 11, 2023.

Project Dynamo: How a volunteer org. rescued stranded civilians during Iran war

Project Dynamo, made up primarily of volunteers who are former military, began operating in Israel during the first days of the war with Hamas.

Project Dynamo performs extractions globally, from Israel and Ukraine to Haiti and Florida.

'HELP': Mother and son found by rescue team after leaving trail of notes

The pair had originally set off into the woods in search of a Boy Scouts camp on Friday but their GPS directed them onto old logging roads and eventually lost signal.

 A note left behind by the mother and son which helped rescuers locate them.

Karachi building collapse kills 27 as rescue operations conclude

The number of casualties rose to 27 after Pakistani authorities declared the rescue operations concluded after the collapse of a multistory residential building in Karachi.

 Imdad Hussain, 28, who narrowly escaped and survived after a five-storey residential building collapsed on Friday, July 4, walks near the pile of rubble, in Karachi, Pakistan July 7, 2025.

Ferry sinks near Bali, over 60 missing in choppy waters

Twenty people were rescued, many found unconscious after drifting in 2.5-meter waves.

 Ferry picking up passengers in Indonesia.

Israeli woman missing in Crete, Greece, searches ongoing

Michal Peleg, 65, was last seen on Wednesday near her home in the village of Kavousi, a popular destination in eastern Crete known for hiking trails.

 Michal Peleg.

Fire-prevention technologies used around the world: Why not in Israel?

These innovations are saving forests, parks, and entire cities from devastating fires.

 Forest sensor

Israel's humanitarian efforts: Genocide perpetrators don’t aid other nations - opinion

Can anyone argue that the same country, which wastes no time sending emergency relief assistance to save the lives of people globally, is guilty of systematic murder?

ISRAAID VOLUNTEERS rescue refugees off the coast of Greece.

IDF, Defense Ministry experts arrive in Bangkok to provide post-earthquake aid

The Israeli aid delegation included engineering and civil affairs officers from Home Front Command's National Rescue Unit and arrived in Bangkok after the confirmed death toll rose past 1,700.

Israeli and Thai rescue personnel meet in Bangkok after a deadly earthquake, March 30, 2025.

Myanmar earthquake death toll reaches 2,719 as aid rushes in

In some areas near the epicenter, residents told Reuters that government assistance was scarce, leaving people to fend for themselves.

 Commuters drive past a building that collapsed, in the aftermath of a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 30, 2025.