Emergencies

Hackers hit Ukraine and Russia's emergency apps, send fake nuclear alerts

Rescuers and residents take shelter in an underground parking garage during an air raid alert, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz said the phenomenon will have “very severe impacts” and needs “the cooperation of all institutions”.

Forum: Strengthen community support for school emergency preparedness

Young volunteers to be trained to give psychological first aid, boost community resilience in crises

Dr Diong Siew Maan (centre) with HEART volunteers Imran Rashid Fazal (left) and Soh Yi Han at an inaugural professional community forum, Human Behaviour in Crises: Reactions, Response, Resilience, at Furama Riverfront Hotel.

As Ebola spreads in eastern DR Congo, mothers and children shun vital care

Relatives attending the funeral of an eight-month pregnant Congolese woman, who died of Ebola, and her foetus in Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo on Oct 5.

New York declares state of emergency over measles outbreak

Nurse Stephanie Truckey makes a house call to the Millers, an Amish family, in Middlefield, Ohio, on Sept 25, 2026.

Pilot in flydubai attack says he could not let ‘all those people die’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with (clockwise from his left) Yaniv Hayoun, Or Fradilov, dentist Shota Musayev and his wife, Sigalit, whom he described as “heroes”, in Jerusalem on Oct 1.

Canadian diver Erik Brown, who helped in 2018 Thai cave rescue, dies at 44

Erik Brown was part of a team of specialist divers who helped bring 12 young football players and their coach out of a treacherous cave complex in Thailand in 2018.

California declares state of emergency ahead of El Nino

A Pacific Ocean wave washes up near a worker using heavy machinery to protect damaged beachfront homes with boulders on Sept 14, in Dana Point, California.

Tower Transit looking to thank those who helped unresponsive bus driver in Hougang

Bus operator Tower Transit said a man at a bus stop noticed a bus driver slumped in the cabin and banged on the doors to raise the alarm.

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