ABU DHABI, 12th October, 2016 (WAM) -- A plan to set up a new research and studies centre dedicated to enhancing civil defence capabilities in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) was recently ...

LONDON, 11th June, 2017 (WAM) -- The General Command of Civil Defence at the Ministry of Interior, represented by the heads of general departments of civil defence in the UAE, participated in an ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence is set for a three-year overhaul, with the aim of improving the region's response to emergencies. A new strategy was created off the back of the March 2024 independent review ...

Retired Sri Lanka army major general K H P Palitha Fernando has been appointed director general of the civil defense department on contract basis for a period of one year with immediate effect. E R S ...

H.P. Palitha Fernando to the post of the Director General of the Department of Civil Defense with immediate effect on contract basis for a period of one (01) year.

"Is anyone alive?" Civil Defence worker, Yasser Haboub, shouted into the rubble of the Abu Shaar family home, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike the middle of the night of 14 January at the ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) slammed the Anti-Defamation League on Monday for issuing a defense of Elon Musk, the billionaire advisor to President Donald Trump, after Musk delivered a hand gesture ...

The Palestinian Civil Defense Society revealed that its crews continue to dig through the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel’s 15-month war, looking for bodies of those killed. Gaza’s civil ...

Speaking at the ‘Surat Litfest 2025’, the Rajya Sabha MP supported the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea and said frequent polls affect governance, strain the administration and finance, and ...

KwaZulu-Natal emerged as the epicentre of these killings, with 17 incidents, highlighting its status as a hotspot for violence against local government officials.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt wants to re-establish the Oklahoma State Guard and has directed the state’s Military Department to devise a plan for the civil defense force that would be under the ...