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Italy

At least 5,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean in one day - Coast Guard

At least 5,000 migrants were rescued in 43 operations across the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday (June 23), the Italian Coast Guard reports.

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Peruvian police rescue dog trapped in canal

Peruvian police officers in the northern municipality of Trujillo, some 490 kilometres from Lima, have rescued a dog that found itself stranded in a canal.

Japan

Abandoned Japanese boy Yamato Tanooka leaves hospital

The Japanese boy lost for nearly a week after being abandoned by his parents for being naughty has left hospital to return home.

Japan

Japanese boy found safe and well after six days missing in dense forest

Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka was found at a military camp near Shikabe in northern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island.

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World News

Missing Japanese boy found alive and well

A Japanese child left by his parents in remote woods has been found alive and well.

Japan

Fears grow for missing Japanese boy left in woods as punishment

With every passing hour, the chances of finding little Yamato Tanooka alive are growing slimmer despite a massive search.

Italy

Rescuers publish image of drowned migrant baby

Like the photograph of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi lying lifeless on a Turkish beach last year, the image emphasises the human cost of Mediterranean migration.

Libya

Dozens of migrants feared drowned in latest Mediterranean tragedy

Up to 30 people are feared drowned in the second migrant tragedy in as many days in the Mediterranean.

World News

Migrant rescue from capsized boat is caught on camera

The capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea has been caught on camera by the Italian Navy.

Italy

Overcrowded fishing boat capsizes off Italian coast, 500 migrants rescued

The Italian navy has released distressing images of an overcrowded fishing boat capsizing off the Libyan coast sending hundreds of migrants tumbling into the…

World News

IOM says fewer migrants dying on Mediterranean route to Europe

“If we fail at this, we fail at everything” Chief of the International Organization for Migration William Lacy Swing said at the World Humanitarian Summit in…

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Dealing with danger: busy geniuses and watchful robots

In this edition of Futuris, we look at wasps, hawks and donkeys – not animals but special robots which can help save people in danger in the Alps.

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Takeaway: watchful robots

Obedient wasps, somehow stubborn donkeys, watchfull hawks, surrounded by Alpine peaks… In fact, they are robots developed in the framework of the

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Landslide aftermath in Sri Lanka

Rescue teams were sent to the area of Aranayaka, 100 km northeast of the capital Colombo, where over 100 people are missing after two landslides, caused by torrential…

Nigeria

Nigeria: army says second schoolgirl freed from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army says a second girl has been rescued after being kidnapped in a school raid by Boko Haram militants more than two years ago.

World

Emergency response: inside Ecuador's disaster zones

Nigeria

Nigeria: Fresh hope for families after one of missing Chibok girls is found

There is fresh hope for the relatives of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, after one of them was found.

Sri Lanka

Over 100 feared dead as huge landslides bury Sri Lankan villages

At least 150 people are feared dead following two massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, officials say.

Nigeria

Kidnapped Chibok girl found in Nigeria - reports

Amina Ali Nkek was reportedly found in the Sambisa Forest, close to Nigeria's border with Cameroon.

Pakistan

Pakistan: Ex-PM's son rescued in Afghanistan

The kidnapped son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been rescued in Afghanistan following a joint operation by Afghan and