Family court bomb threat was hoax, police say (Updated)
The Nicosia family court was evacuated on Wednesday after a bomb threat was later found to be a hoax. The police and bomb squad went
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Tourists fly out of Bali at last as wind blows volcanic ash away
Airlines laid on extra flights to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali on Thursday to allow thousands of passengers stranded for days by an erupting
Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion – monitor
Hundreds of rebels left their last bastion in Syria‘s Homs city on Monday, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind
Greek city set for biggest peacetime evacuation over WW2 bomb
Up to 72,000 people will be evacuated from their homes in Greece‘s second-biggest city of Thessaloniki on Sunday so experts can defuse and remove a World
Syrians in rebel Damascus suburb start to evacuate in deal
Hundreds of civilians in the Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya began to leave the rebel-held area on Friday in what the government described as an amnesty,
Southern California orders 82,000 people to evacuate over wildfire
By Dan Whitcomb and Alex Dobuzinskis Authorities in southern California ordered the evacuation of 82,000 people on Tuesday, after a wildfire broke out in a
Two floors evacuated during Napa hotel fire
THE third and fourth floors of an Ayia Napa hotel were evacuated Friday night after fire broke out in the rabbet between the corridor walls.
Floods kill woman in Paris region, Seine river rises
A woman was killed and thousands of homes were evacuated in the central French regions along the Loire and Seine rivers after days of almost
First phase of annual Argonaftis exercise begins Monday
Civil Defence, in cooperation with the foreign ministry, National Guard and other state agencies are organising the first phase of the annual exercise Argonaftis 2016
Korean Air evacuates plane at Japan’s Haneda airport after engine smoke
Korean Air Lines on Friday evacuated 319 passengers and crew from an aircraft preparing to take off from Japan’s Haneda Airport in Tokyo after its
Canadian wildfire forces evacuation order for entire city
The Canadian province of Alberta raced to evacuate the entire population of Fort McMurray where an uncontrolled wildfire was taking hold in the heart of
Swedish airport reopens after short evacuation (Updated)
An airport near Stockholm was evacuated and departing flights suspended for several hours on Sunday after staff found a suspicious powder in a bag that
Wildfires rage in U.S. Northwest, army and foreign crews called in
By Eric M. Johnson U.S. crews battling a flurry of wildfires raging unchecked across the Pacific Northwest contended with high winds on Thursday, a day
California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers – fire officials
Dozens of children were among more than 300 people evacuated from campgrounds early Saturday morning as firefighters battled brush fires burning in Southern California’s drought-parched
Cyprus participating in biggest evacuation exercise held to date
THE FIRST phase of the search rescue exercise ‘Argonaftis’ (Argonaut) 2015 took place yesterday, with Cyprus joining efforts with 18 other countries to test the
Thousands evacuated after volcano erupts in southern Chile (Update 3)
By Antonio De la Jara and Rosalba O’Brien Volcano Villarrica in southern Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending a plume of ash
Hundreds evacuated after fire at Dubai skyscraper
By David French Hundreds of people in Dubai were evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings on Saturday when fire swept through The
Evacuation drill at Larnaca airport
An evacuation exercise took place in the early hours of Thursday at Larnaca airport aimed at assessing the readiness level and the coordination of all the relevant
Cypriots in Libya on their way home
CYPRIOTS evacuated from Libya aboard the Greek frigate Salamis were scheduled to be flown to Cyprus from Athens on Saturday afternoon, while two more are
Cypriots evacuated from Libya
Twelve Cypriots and a third country national married to one of them were on the way to Greece on Friday after they were evacuated from