The technical report has a World Risk Index, which breaks down the disaster risk of 193 countries. The Philippines tops this year's ranking of high-risk countries, followed by Indonesia ...

The World Bank report highlights the urgent need for disaster risk-based budgeting (DRBB) to proactively integrate disaster ...

This year marks the fifth consecutive year that insured losses from natural disasters have surpassed $100 billion, the Swiss ...

The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) unveiled their report today, Dec ...

North Korea resumes criticism of South Korea's political crisis, martial law, and impeachment turmoil under Yoon Suk Yeol.

The World Bank Annual Report 2024 outlines transformative strategies to combat global challenges like poverty, climate change ...

Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United ...

Here’s a look at some of the major crowd disasters in recent decades ... as panicked fans are crushed and smothered before a World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica in Guatemala ...

Forty-two people died in a crush during a pre-season game at the Oppenheimer Stadium in the mining town of Orkney between the ...

A disaster-weary globe will be hit harder in the coming years by even more catastrophes colliding in an interconnected world, a United Nations report issued Monday says. If current trends continue ...

In this, Australia is alarmingly in sync with its region. The World Meteorological Organisation’s regional State of the Climate in Asia report released earlier in the year confirmed that Asia remains ...

Lives, livelihoods and business revenue have been lost, supply chains have been disrupted and businesses have been damaged, often irreparably, as a result of increasingly frequent disasters like ...