Chile is under a state of emergency as more than a dozen large wildfires threaten towns in the centre and south of the country.

Rome (Italy) - A new aftershock struck central Italy on Tuesday morning, two days after the strongest earthquake in decades shook the region.

From the sky the damage to Castelluccio di Norcia is clear: a fire service video reveals that many buildings in have been reduced to rubble. The hilltop village lies close to the epicentre of Italy’s strongest earthquake for over 35 years.

Rome (Italy) - More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the coast of Libya.

At least three people were killed on Friday after a train derailed in Galicia in north-western Spain, emergency services said.

33 people trapped overnight in cable cars high over the glaciers of Mont Blanc in the Alps have finally been brought down to safety.

Thousands of migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya in just 24 hours.

Rome (Italia) - The number of people killed in Wednesday’s earthquake in central Italy now stands at a least 267.

Rome (Italy) - Rescue workers are picking through what remains of Pescara del Tronto, a hamlet badly hit in Wednesday’s devastating earthquake (August 24).

Rome (Italy) - As many as 8,300 migrants have been plucked from the Mediterranean in the last five days, according to Italian authorities.