7,000 Japanese told to evacuate due to rains

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 09:52

At least 7,000 people in Japan have been advised to evacuate due to threats of landslide and flooding caused by a typhoon, authorities said.

N Korea warns it cannot protect embassies after April 10

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 18:03

North Korea on Friday warned foreign embassies in Pyongyang that it was unable to guarantee their safety after April 10 and they should consider evacuating their missions amid soaring nuclear tensions.

Israeli forces evacuate Palestinian encampment

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 11:01

The operation today marks the fifth time in the past month that Israeli forces have broken up a Palestinian encampment.

Pak evacuates 120 stranded foreign tourists

Last Updated: Sunday, April 8, 2012, 23:54

The foreigners were flown in a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from Gilgit town to Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi.

500 tourists evacuated from Havelock island

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 18:14

Nearly 500 tourists, stranded on Havelock Island, have been evacuated to Port Blair after Cyclone Thane passed over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Typhoon nears Japan, 1.3 million told to evacuate

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 21:50

Typhoon Roke follows on the heels of tropical storm Talas, which left about 100 people dead or missing this month.

IOM evacuates another 1,000 people from Misrata

Last Updated: Monday, April 18, 2011, 22:34

At least 4,000 more are awaiting rescue in the Libyan city.

Indian envoy in Ivory Coast evacuated by UN, French forces

Last Updated: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 00:47

Indian Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Shamma Jain, was on Friday evacuated from her residence by UN and French forces in capital Abidjan in the wake of heavy fighting even as India said all its citizens there were safe.

All Indians to be evacuated from Libya by Mar 10: Govt

Last Updated: Friday, March 4, 2011, 18:31

India on Friday said it will evacuate all its citizens desirous of leaving strife-torn Libya by March 10.

Navy to evacuate Indians from Libya next week

Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 18:54

Naval warships INS Jalashwa and INS Mysore which have been dispatched to evacuate the Indian nationals stranded in strife-torn Libya would start their operations from March 8, Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma said here Thursday.

China evacuates 35,860 of its citizens from Libya

Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 13:51

China has managed to pull out all its citizens numbering 35,860 from war torn Libya in what was stated to be its largest overseas evacuation operations in which it also deployed a warships, luxury liners besides chartered flights.