Thousands of Afghans who were put at risk after their data was leaked by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a catastrophic blunder are still waiting to be brought to safety in the UK, more than six ...

Rescuers used boats and excavators to try to guide 10-metre long sea mammal to deeper waters A humpback whale stranded on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum ...

In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal was freed and swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that rescuers had dug for it. By Jenny Gross Against the odds, a 40-foot ...

The humpback whale has managed to swim free, but isn't out of danger yet Credit: Dpa via AP A humpback whale stranded for days in shallow water off the coast of Germany and given a very slim chance of ...

Rescuers who have been trying to free a whale stranded in shallow water off the north German coast have said "every minute counts" as they battle to release the animal. Sven Biertumpfel, of the Sea ...

A handwritten “SOS” message in the sand helped save two stranded Hawaii visitors as flash floods swept across Oahu, where Coast Guard and Navy crews also rescued five people and a dog from a rooftop.

Police appealed to onlookers, who say they hear the whale's cries during the night, to keep their distance so "that the animal does not become even more stressed”. A whale that was stranded for days ...

A woman left stranded in Cyprus without her pension is now being taken to court for not paying council tax. Marie Collins, from Narborough, Norfolk, flew to the island for a two week holiday in ...

The war in Iran has stranded tens of thousands of Americans in the Middle East who weren’t told by the U.S. government to leave until many countries in the region had closed their airspace to ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that Americans who are reporting being stranded in various parts of the Middle East as a result of Iranian retaliation to U.S. strikes ...

American tourists stranded in Dubai amid escalating tensions with Iran say they are struggling to get home, facing repeated flight cancellations and growing security concerns as the State Department ...

Even far from hubs like Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the disruptions from the growing violence have left people jumping “from one cancellation to the next.” By Christine Chung Gabe Castro-Root and Niraj ...