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World
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Region
2/7/2023 12:12:26 PM
Up to 23 million people could be affected by the massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/30/2023 3:57:46 PM
Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over Covid-19, it said on Monday the pandemic remains an international emergency.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/27/2023 4:59:43 PM
The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
1/22/2023 6:30:49 PM
A Cairo High Emergency State Security Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday six men to death and one other to life on terror charges.
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World
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International
1/19/2023 5:22:52 PM
Emergency teams in Serbia are searching for two people who were swept away by a swollen river in a southwestern town, state RTS television reported on Thursday.
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World
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International
12/30/2022 3:13:46 PM
Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there as the Asian island country faces its own rising case numbers and record-level deaths.
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Egypt
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Society
12/29/2022 3:18:28 PM
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), Egypt’s state grain buyer, has announced that it has contracted for 200,000 tons of Russian wheat under the World Bank-backed Emergency Food Security and Resilience Support Project.
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World
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International
12/26/2022 5:22:31 PM
Emergency crews in New York were scrambling Monday to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the "blizzard of the century," a relentless storm that has left at least 25 dead in the state and is causing US Christmas travel chaos.
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World
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International
12/26/2022 9:52:26 AM
The deep freeze from a deadly winter storm that walloped much of the United States will continue into the week as people in western New York deal with massive snow drifts that snarled emergency vehicles and travelers across the country see cancelled flights and dangerous roads.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/17/2022 12:41:21 PM
While the World Health Organization hopes Covid-19 will soon no longer be considered a public health emergency, it has warned the virus itself is here to stay.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/16/2022 5:22:49 PM
Ukraine's capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war Friday as Russia's invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, Ukrainian officials said, reporting strikes in at least four cities that triggered widespread emergency power outages.
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World
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International
12/14/2022 9:24:13 PM
Peru's new government declared 30-day national emergency on Wednesday amid violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, suspending the rights of ``personal security and freedom'' across the Andean nation.
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World
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International
12/12/2022 1:40:16 PM
New Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announced Sunday that she would seek to hold elections two-years early, while also declaring a state of emergency in certain areas after protests following the arrest of her predecessor left two dead.
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World
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Africa
12/4/2022 10:05:00 PM
Flash flooding that followed heavy rains has killed at least 14 people taking part in religious rituals in Johannesburg, with others still missing, emergency services said Sunday.
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World
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Africa
12/1/2022 1:06:41 PM
South Africa's ruling ANC party will hold emergency talks Thursday, the day after a report into scandal-hit President Cyril Ramaphosa paved the way for his possible impeachment.
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Business
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Economy
11/17/2022 12:31:54 PM
Just three weeks after taking office, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the challenge of balancing the nation's budget while helping millions of people slammed by a cost-of-living crisis as Russia's war in Ukraine pushes up energy prices and slows economic growth.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/15/2022 10:32:34 PM
NATO member Poland called emergency meetings of its national security council and cabinet on Tuesday following unconfirmed reports that Russian missiles had landed on its territory near the Ukrainian border.
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World
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Region
11/14/2022 5:43:42 PM
Tribal fighting in Sudan's restive Darfur region has left at least 24 people dead and triggered a localised state of emergency, state media said Monday.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/3/2022 12:04:49 PM
After a fatal crowd crush in South Korea and deaths at a soccer game in Indonesia, Qatar's readiness for a health emergency at the World Cup was detailed Wednesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/1/2022 9:31:29 PM
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that its emergency committee had determined that monkeypox should continue to be classified as a global health emergency.
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