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Palestinians children react at a tent camp sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Al-Mawasi area, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 2 January 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

UN chief demands evacuation of 2,500 Gaza children at 'imminent risk' of death

The four doctors had all volunteered in Gaza during the 15-month-long war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas that has devastated the enclave of more than 2 million people and its...

Smoke rises from a wildfire burning near Pacific Palisades on the west side of Los Angeles during a weather driven windstorm, in Los Angeles, California, January 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Daniel Cole
USA

Wildfire rages in Los Angeles, forcing 30,000 to evacuate

Clouds are seen over the beach as Hurricane Milton advances, in Progreso, Mexico, October 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lorenzo Hernandez
USA

Floridians flee looming catastrophe as Hurricane Milton approaches

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon October 5, 2024. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
Middle East

What are countries doing to get their nationals out of Lebanon?

A tank manoeuvres near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, August 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Middle East

Canada to pull children of diplomats out of Israel, Canadian Press reports

A wounded Palestinian, who was evacuated from the European Hospital after the Israel army ordered Palestinians to evacuate the eastern part of Khan Younis, lies on a bed at Nasser Hospital, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

Patients, medics flee south Gaza hospital after evacuation orders, WHO says

Palestinian girl Fulla Al-Laham, 4, who was wounded in an Israeli strike that killed 14 family members, including her parents and all her siblings, lies on a bed as her grandmother sits next to her, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 14 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

21 children are set to exit Gaza in first medical evacuation since early May

Under the influence of Cyclone Remal, the level of river water rose in Barishal. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of Bengal

A kangaroo rushes past a burning house in Lake Conjola, New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday. Photo:.Matthew Abbott/The New York Times
World+Biz

Thousands told to flee homes in Australia amid heat spike, bushfire threat

Families and supporters of hostages that are being held in Gaza after they were kidnapped from Israel by Hamas gunmen on October 7, hold a demonstration to demand their immediate release, outside of the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November 5, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

More than 300 Americans got out of Gaza, more remain, White House says

Rescuers use inflatable boats to evacuate residents of the area flooded due to a dam break in Ussuriysk, Russia, in this still image taken from video released 12 August 2023. Photo: Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Russia evacuates 2,000 in Far East over floods

Residents from risky Ctg hills taken to safer locations
Bangladesh

Residents from risky Ctg hills taken to safer locations

Nigerien security forces launch tear gas to disperse pro-junta demonstrators gathered outside the French embassy, in Niamey, the capital city of Niger, July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara
World+Biz

France evacuates citizens from Niger after neighbours warn of war