76 thousand people were evacuated from the border areas of the Kursk region - Ministry of Emergency Situations

Over 76 thousand residents were evacuated from the border areas of the Kursk region to safer places, said Artem Sharov, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations at the interdepartmental operational headquarters.

Russia declares emergency in Orenburg region amid floods after dam burst

A major flood in the Russian city of Orsk forced thousands of people to evacuate, with Moscow reporting a "critical" situation Sunday and warning of dangerous water levels in Siberia. 

Emergency Blackouts Applied In Several Ukrainian Regions

Emergency blackouts are taking place in Ukraine's Odesa, Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk regions, Ukrainian utility DTEK said on Saturday.

Ukraine announces new emergency power cuts

Ukraine enforces new emergency power cuts to try to repair damaged energy infrastructure, which the national grid operator says has caused significant supply shortages.

Venezuela's military to control medicine, surgical supply distribution

Venezuelan Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino López announced that the military will take control of the distribution of "all medical and surgical supplies managed in all hospitals."

EU announces 700-mn-euro aid plan for migrant crisis

The European Union announced Wednesday unprecedented plans to provide Greece and other member states with 700 million euros in emergency humanitarian aid to cope with the migrant crisis.

US Deploys More Patriot Missiles in S. Korea

The move came as the two allies plan to start detailed discussions on bringing in an advanced, high-altitude US missile defense  system (THAAD) opposed by China as early as next week...

Emergency aid to help storm-ravaged N. England

A 60 million U.S. dollar emergency fund was announced by Britain's transport secretary Sunday to help urgent repair work to transport links destroyed by severe floods in storm-ravaged northern England.

Kremlin says will not comment on missile systems in Syria

Kremlin is not commenting on technical details of Russia’s operation in Syria, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday when asked to speak about the deployment of Russia’s missile systems in Syria.

Russia sends missile systems to Syria to counter possible threats

Russia has deployed missile defense systems in Syria to counter a possible strike against its forces in the country and also to prevent attempts to hijack a warplane, Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Aerospace Forces Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev has said.