In a daring maritime rescue operation, three individuals were saved from a dire situation in the Coral Sea, just off the coast of Cairns, Australia. Their catamaran had suffered severe damage during a series of shark attacks.

Dramatic rescue at sea: Catamaran survives shark attacks in coral sea

All eight people, including children, were rescued by officials in Pakistan on Tuesday night (Aug 22) after they were left trapped 900 feet mid-air in a cable car. The accident took place when a line snapped, causing the occupiers of the cable car to hang in balance for hours before a rescue began. Watch this for more.

Pakistan cable car accident: Everything you need to know

Six children and two teachers were trapped in a chairlift hanging 274 metres (900ft) above a ravine in Pakistan. As per the reports, rescue operations are underway.

Video: Children trapped 900 ft mid-air in Pakistan, army rescue ops on

A man was rescued Saturday after being stuck on a partially submerged boat in the Atlantic Ocean for around 35 hours, around 12 miles off Florida's coast. On Friday (August 4), Charles Gregory left for an early morning fishing trip off the coast of St Augustine, Florida.

Watch | Florida man saved from partially sunken boat after 35 hours

A search and rescue operation is underway as at least 15 people were killed and 19 were missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Monday (July 24).

Indonesia: At least 15 killed, several missing after ferry sinks off Sulawesi island

Tim Shaddock, an Australian sailor who was stranded in the Pacific Ocean with his dog and survived by only eating raw fish and drinking rainwater for months has been rescued and is in a stable condition, doctors said.

Australian man and dog rescued after being stranded for months in Pacific Ocean

After more than five weeks since their plane crashed in a dense jungle, four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia have been miraculously found alive in the southern part of the country.

Miracle: Four Indigenous children rescued from dense Amazon jungle 40 days after plane crash

Four Indigenous children, including an 11-month-old infant, were found alive in Colombia's thick Amazon forests following an aircraft crash more than two weeks ago, President Gustavo Petro announced Wednesday, expressing "joy" for the country.

Amazon plane crash: Confusion in Colombia after Pedro’s tweet on four missing kids being rescued

The Indian Army's rescue and medical teams on Monday helped some visitors who had become stranded at the Zoji La Pass as a result of many snow falls and minor avalanches. National Highway 1, which connects Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh, is still closed as a result of numerous small avalanches that have occurred recently. Teams from the Jammu and Kashmir Police and General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) also pressed into service alongside the Indian Army. On Zoji La Pass earlier in the day, two vehicles were struck by an avalanche, which caused them to go off the road and roll down.

Snow avalanche hits 2 vehicles at Zoji La, Indian Army rescues stranded tourists

The United Nations condemned the failure to deliver urgently needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while indicating that the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also hit Turkey is set to rise far higher.

UN acknowledges relief failure in Syria as earthquake toll reaches 33,000

After an 18-hour rescue operation, a 19-month-old girl in Thailand was successfully rescued after she fell down into a deep well. Doctors said she is recovering, despite showing signs of fatigue.

Thai baby who fell into 13m deep well rescued after dramatic 18-hour operation

The death toll from the fire at the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet, Cambodia climbed to 26 on Friday evening as rescuers finished searching the charred ruins of the complex.

Cambodia casino fire: Death toll rises to 26; rescue operation called off

At least 12 people have been killed and several others remained trapped following a landslide in Malaysia. Search and rescue efforts are underway for the trapped people.

Malaysia Landslide: 12 killed, search and rescue operations underway

In a devastating landslide event in Colombia, at least three people have been dead and several have gone missing. Rescue operations to save the survivors are underway.

WION Climate Tracker | Landslide in Colombia: At least three dead and several missing

In a rather unfortunate event, a passenger aeroplane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania while attempting to land at the nearby airport in Bukoba on Sunday, as per a report by Reuters.

19 dead after commercial aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania

Three people have been killed while more than 60 are injured after an explosion in a firework warehouse engulfed the nearby market in smoke and dust in Armenia's capital city of Yerevan.

Three killed, 60 injured in a blast accident at a firework warehouse in Armenian capital

Thirteen people have died and many others have been injured in a cloud burst in the higher reaches near the Amarnath Cave. At around 5:30 pm, a cloudburst happened, triggering flash floods in the camp near the cave.

Cloudburst hits Amarnath cave area: Thirteen killed, rescue operation launched

In India's financial capital Mumbai, rescue operations continued for hours after a residential building collapsed killing at least 11 people; the four-storey building collapsed late Monday night.

India: Residential building collapses in Mumbai; at least 11 dead, rescue ops underway

Eight people were rescued in a blizzard on a Tasmanian mountain authorities said on Sunday (June 12), as extreme weather wreaked havoc across the state.

Blizzard in Australia wreaks havoc, eight rescued

A day-long search and rescue operation in Nepal were halted due to loss of daylight and adverse weather after a Nepalese passenger plane with 22 people onboard went missing near the mountainous region of Jomsom

Nepalese passenger plane carrying 22 goes missing near Jomsom

Indonesia's navy has rescued more than 100 Rohingya asylum seekers who have been adrift on a sinking boat off the country's western coast, bringing them to a temporary place.

Indonesia rescues over 100 Rohingya refugees adrift sinking boat

At least 20 people have been killed, including children after a overpass carrying metro cars collapses onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night. Emergency medical crew and fire fighters are carrying out rescue operation at the site. Several people are still believed to be trapped under the rubble.

At least 20 killed after overpass carrying metro cars collapses onto road in Mexico City

A fisherman from Ukraine Richard Gorda got creative to save a boy floating on a block of ice in the middle of a river by lending a helping fishing rod. Watch to know more.

Ukrainian man rescues child floating on ice with fishing rod

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to secure the immediate release of students and staff of a public school in Niger State who were kidnapped late Tuesday night.

42 people including 27 schoolboys kidnapped in Nigeria, President orders rescue operation 

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