EXCLUSIVE: When Russia launched its brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, among the first defenseless victims were animals in a zoo in Kharkiv, very close to the Russian border. Big cats, bears,

Rescuers are searching for 19 people missing in severe flooding in Nepal that swept away a key bridge connecting the country with China

The claim circulated as rescuers searched for people missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian girls summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River.

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI — Multiple agencies responded to Lake Michigan on Tuesday, July 8, for a report of an unaccounted person who is believed to have been in the water, police said. The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded to Lake Michigan north of Saugatuck for a water emergency Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.

Rescuers in Switzerland are hailing as a “four-legged hero” a furry Chihuahua that paced atop an Alpine rock after its owner fell into a crevasse.

Crews in central Texas are digging through massive piles of debris, overturned vehicles and shattered homes for a sixth day as the search continues for victims of flash floods that killed more than 100 people over the Fourth of July weekend.

An 8-year-old boy plunged down a 20-foot shaft connected to a bunker while hiking with his family on Oahu, Hawaii officials reported. Rescuers received a 911 call about the accident on the Koko Head Trail at 5:24 p.m. Saturday, July 5, the Honolulu Fire Department said in a news release.

A teenage Australian surfer feared lost at sea was rescued after spending the night on an uninhabited island miles offshore, officials and local media said.