Evacuations

Typhoon Hinnamnor batters southern region of South Korea, forcing thousands to flee

Prime Minister Han Duk-soo called for evacuations in areas vulnerable to flooding, saying Hinnamnor could end up being a 'historically strong typhoon that we never experienced before'

Death, destruction and more: The wrath of Pakistan’s killer monsoon

The floods in Pakistan have inundated roads, destroyed homes and killed over 1,000 people. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has declared a state of emergency and has urged international players to send aid

Making students evacuated from Ukraine chant slogans favouring government self-defeating spectacle, says Manish Tewari

Manish Tewari also criticised the government, saying he had never seen such "self-congratulatory ecstacy" as displayed during the evacuations

Taliban block hundreds from leaving Afghanistan despite recent assurances to US

American citizens, green card holders and others, say they have been waiting for more than a week for permission to board waiting charter flights out of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan

From fear to uncertainty: Afghan families start new lives in US, UK

Tired, scared and mostly overwhelmed, Afghanis, who escaped from Taliban-controlled Kabul, are set to begin their second innings in foreign lands away from their homes

Former UK soldier finally escapes Afghanistan with his 200 dogs and cats

The animal rescuer made his way out of the strife-torn country on board a private jet after going “through hell” amid the chaos at the airport

Evacuation resumes with renewed urgency as desperation rises after Kabul twin bombings

Some US allies have said they are ending evacuation efforts, in part to give the US time to wrap up its own operations before getting 5,000 of its troops out by August 31

Afghanistan children caught in middle of crisis as they try to flee war-torn country

Scenes of thousands and thousands of people trying to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover have been gut-wrenching, especially those of children and infants.

'Our government saved us': India brings back nearly 400 from Afghanistan on three special flights

Sunday's rescue mission is part of New Delhi's efforts to airlift its nationals and vulnerable Afghans stuck in the strife-torn country after the Taliban's return.

Australia declares state of emergency for capital city of Canberra as strong winds, rising temperatures threaten to fan bushfires

Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions, as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters.