A rescue operation is under way after a boat carrying hundreds of asylum seekers sinks off the Indonesian island of Java.

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Migrant boat sinks off Indonesia

A rescue operation has been taking place off the French coast after a cargo ship ran aground in heavy storms.

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VIDEO: Cargo ship crew rescued off France

Hundreds of storm-hit seabirds are stranded on the Pembrokeshire coast leading to the biggest rescue operation in the area since the Sea Empress disaster in 1996.

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Birds rescued as storm sweeps in

Japan’s rescue operation has started a day after the country was hit by a massive earthquake.

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VIDEO: Rescue operation under way in Japan

Dramatic pictures have emerged which show the difficulty of a rescue operation on the ice at Lurgan Park on Sunday.

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Dramatic lake rescue footage released

A rescue operation is under way in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.

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Homes buried in Colombia landslide

A rescue operation is under way in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.

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Homes buried in Colombia landslide

Five of the 33 miners who were trapped underground for two months ascended to the surface, beginning the end of a rescue operation that has inspired the nation and riveted the world.

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5 Miners Hoisted to Freedom in Chile

British Prime Minister David Cameron says U.S. forces may have thrown a grenade during a rescue operation in Afghanistan that killed a British aid worker.

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U.S. grenade may have killed British hostage, PM says