Disaster Relief
Protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan
Mar 09, 2013 10:40 EST
Thousands of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said.
Syria exodus hits million, regime steps up air raids
Mar 06, 2013 13:19 EST
One million Syrians have fled their homeland since a revolt erupted two years ago, the UN said on Wednesday, as monitors said regime warplanes struck rebel enclaves in flashpoints across the country.
One million flee Syria war: UN
Mar 06, 2013 08:21 EST
One million Syrians have fled their homeland since a revolt erupted two years ago, the UN said on Wednesday, as fighting between rebels and loyalists raged across central and northern battlefields.
Syria rebels target Assad as missile toll mounts
Feb 19, 2013 16:15 EST
Insurgents fired mortar rounds at one of President Bashar al-Assad's palaces in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, as the death toll mounted from a devastating missile strike on second city Aleppo.
Four million in Syria in dire need of aid: UN
Feb 19, 2013 12:23 EST
More than four million people inside Syria are in desperate need of aid, up sharply from 2.5 million in September, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging a rapid political solution to the crisis that has claimed at least 70,000 lives.
Four million people in Syria in dire need of aid: UN
Feb 19, 2013 07:49 EST
More than four million people inside Syria are in desperate need of aid, up from 2.5 million in September, the UN's humanitarian agency said Tuesday.
Relief workers struggle after Darfur unrest, Oxfam says
Feb 13, 2013 14:13 EST
The largest displacement in years in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has left homes destroyed, crops burned and relief workers struggling to meet needs, the global aid agency Oxfam said on Thursday.
17 dead, one missing in Russian coal mine blast
Feb 11, 2013 13:10 EST
Seventeen miners were killed and one person was missing Monday after a methane explosion tore through a coal mine in the remote Russian Far North, the latest disaster to hit the country's accident-prone mining industry.
Aid trickles into tsunami-hit Solomons despite aftershocks
Feb 11, 2013 00:48 EST
Relief supplies began trickling into tsunami-hit communities in the Solomons Islands on Monday, as another powerful aftershock rattled the Pacific nation in the wake of last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake.
6.5-magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands
Feb 09, 2013 16:54 EST
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the latest powerful aftershock following a 8.0-magnitude quake that sparked a tsunami four days ago, US seismologists said.
Rescuers struggle to aid Solomons quake victims
Feb 09, 2013 02:47 EST
Relief workers scrambled to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands Saturday, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continued to jolt the remote Pacific region.
Villagers flee huge aftershock in tsunami-hit Solomons
Feb 08, 2013 12:02 EST
A huge aftershock rocked the Solomon Islands on Friday, sending villagers fleeing to higher ground two days after an 8.0-magnitude quake and tsunami which left 13 people dead and many more missing.
Aftershocks hamper aid efforts in tsunami-hit Solomons
Feb 08, 2013 07:35 EST
Strong aftershocks hampered efforts to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands Friday, as the death toll after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake climbed to 13, with many more reported missing.
Aftershocks stall aid efforts in tsunami-hit Solomons
Feb 08, 2013 02:15 EST
Strong aftershocks hampered efforts to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands on Friday, as the death toll after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake climbed to 13, with many more reported missing.
Rescuers bid to reach tsunami-hit villages in Solomons
Feb 07, 2013 01:51 EST
Disaster relief agencies were struggling on Thursday to reach remote tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, and warned the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise.
Scramble to reach tsunami-hit villages in Solomons
Feb 06, 2013 22:16 EST
Disaster relief agencies were scrambling on Thursday to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise.
Congress sends $50 bn Sandy aid bill to Obama
Jan 29, 2013 00:14 EST
Congress on Monday finally approved more than $50 billion in emergency disaster aid for victims of Hurricane Sandy, 13 weeks after the superstorm ravaged much of the coastal US northeast and left thousands homeless.
Congress sends $50 bn storm Sandy aid bill to Obama
Jan 28, 2013 19:24 EST
Congress on Monday finally approved more than $50 billion in emergency disaster aid for Hurricane Sandy, 13 weeks after the superstorm ravaged much of the coastal US northeast and left thousands homeless.
Mozambique flood toll rises to 40 and 100,000 displaced
Jan 27, 2013 11:51 EST
The death toll from flooding in Mozambique climbed to around 40 on Sunday after four more bodies were discovered in the worst-hit southern town of Chokwe, while the number of people forced to flee has topped 100,000.
Mozambique flood toll rises to 40
Jan 27, 2013 09:45 EST
The death toll from heavy flooding in Mozambique climbed to around 40 on Sunday after four more bodies were discovered in the worst-hit southern town of Chokwe, its mayor said.
