RUBBLES
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas
Following Israel's incursion, Rafah in Gaza lies in ruins, with most civilians evacuated. Hamas forces nearly defeated, but humanitarian crisis deepens with aid delivery stalled. Hospitals facing fuel shortages as combat continues. International media witnesses devastation in the war-torn city.
More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, UN agency says
PAPUA-More than 670 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, UN agency says
Rafah operation: 'It's gone too far', Gazans search rubble after Israeli strikes as war rages on
Residents try to salvage items from the rubble of buildings hit by Israeli strikes in Rafah, where Israel says it is advancing plans for a ground invasion. "Enough with the destruction, enough with the war. Enough with shedding the blood of children, wom...
Israeli troops leave Gaza's Shifa Hospital a wreck in sea of rubble
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week operation, leaving behind a scene of destruction. The military claimed to have killed and detained hundreds of gunmen in clashes in the area, seizing weaponry and intelligence documents. Gaza's Civil Emergency Service alleged that Israeli forces executed two people at the hospital and used bulldozers to exhume buried bodies. Israel said operations inside the hospital were conducted to prevent harm to civilians, patients, and medical teams. Hamas-run Gaza media reported 400 Palestinian deaths in the area.
'Jesus under the rubble in Gaza'; watch Bethlehem Pastor Isaac's impassioned plea for ceasefire
In a Christmas message from the occupied city of Bethlehem on Sunday, Palestinian Christian pastor Munther Isaac delivered an address in which he said the current war on Gaza was 'the biggest blow', and that Christians would not accept words of 'delayed r...
Silkyara tunnel collapse: Parts of auger machine removed from rubble
The remaining parts of the auger machine stuck in the rubble at Silkyara tunnel, where 41 labourers have been stranded for the last 15 days, were removed early on Monday. Manual drilling will now start at the tunnel to prepare an escape passage for the trapped workers.Silkyara tunn...
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Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Parts of auger machine removed from rubble
The auger drill -- a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade at the front end -- that was drilling into the debris got stuck Friday evening, forcing officials to give up on the 25-tonne machine.
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown in to remove auger blades from rubble
In Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, 41 laborers trapped for 14 days prompted a multi-agency rescue mission. A plasma cutter from Hyderabad aims to disengage an auger machine lodged in rubble, essential for progress. Alternatives like manual drilling or vertical approaches are considered due to the machine's debris snag. A Madras Sappers unit aids rescue efforts. Workers, confined within, receive supplies through a small pipe. The race against time continues since the tunnel collapse on Char Dham's route.
Palestinians use truce to pick through rubble of homes
More than 24 hours into the four-day pause in fighting, thousands of Gaza residents are making that same difficult journey from communal shelters and makeshift encampments to discover what has become of their homes.
Rescue operation to take time to bring out workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel: NDMA
The NDMA member further said a very difficult operation is going on. Two methods are being used currently, but a third method that is drift method could also be used soon. Currently, 47-meter horizontal drilling has been completed, he said, adding the broken part of the auger machine has to be removed, and the drilled structure has to be kept stable.
Silkyara tunnel collapse: Rescuers manage to insert wider pipe through rubble
NHIDCL director Anshu Manish Khalkho called it the "first breakthrough" at the site. "We have sent the pipe 53 metres to the other side of the rubble and the trapped workers can hear and experience us," he said. The Centre is monitoring the situation and has adopted a five-pronged plan to evacuate the 41 workers.
Tunnel collapse: Rescuers insert 6-inch-wide pipe through rubble to send more food to trapped workers
The new pipeline will allow food items like roti and sabji to be sent to the workers. Earlier, a four-inch tube was being used to supply food like dry fruit and medicines and oxygen into the section of the tunnel beyond the rubble.
Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand
Hamas, the militant group behind the deadly Oct. 7 attack that killed about 1,200 people in Israel, has many of its bases within Gaza's crowded neighborhoods. Israel is targeting those strongholds. But the victims are often everyday Palestinians, many of whom have yet to be found.
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: 21 metres drilled through rubble for labourers' rescue
Uttarkashi tunnel accident: Rescue workers worked overnight and by Friday morning they managed to to drill up to 21 meres through the rubble in Silkyara tunnel. Workers are trapped since Sunday morning after a part of the tunnel collapsed.
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers to drill through rubble to create escape passage for trapped workers
Over a hundred rescuers in northern India are working to save 40 workers trapped underground after a road tunnel they were building collapsed. The tunnel, which is part of a Prime Minister Narendra Modi road project, is being constructed between Silkyara and Dandalgaon to connect two Hindu shrines.
A baby was found in the rubble of a US raid in Afghanistan. But who exactly was killed and why?
An international custody dispute emerged after a baby girl was found in the rubble of a US military raid in Afghanistan in 2019. The Afghan government and International Committee of the Red Cross determined the infant belonged to an Afghan villager, but a US Marine attorney believed the child was the orphan of foreign fighters living in an al-Qaida compound.
Body of Ghana footballer Christian Atsu found in Turkey quake rubble: report
Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 people in both countries. There were initial reports he had been rescued a day after the quake, but these turned out to be false. His manager in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, told DHA news agency on Saturday that his body had been found under the rubble in the Turkish southern province of Hatay.
Turkey earthquake: Two women survive for days in rubble
One of the rescued women, Menekse Tabak, 70, was swaddled in a blanket while the other was an injured 55-year-old, identified as Masallah Cicek, who was extricated from the debris of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir. the largest city in southeast Turkey, the agency said.
Russia, India plan to drop use of US dollar, euro in bilateral trade: Russian diplomat
If the two countries switch to rupee-rouble settlement without addressing trade imbalance, then Russian banks that accept rupee payments from Indian buyers and release the corresponding amount to Russian sellers in rouble will see a huge pile-up of the rupee even after buying back all the rouble Russian buyers pay for Indian products and services.
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