Disaster

Tehran in trouble: Deadly port explosion leaves Iran in a bind - analysis

While Tehran could use the disaster to gain international sympathy, it also means that the Islamic Republic must investigate its own failings, which could reveal weaknesses.

People walk after an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2025
 A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass.

A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass

 Study suggests historic climate disaster gave birth to Ragnarok, the Norse mythology apocalypse.

Study suggests historic climate disaster gave birth to Ragnarok, the Norse mythology apocalypse

 Storm Daniel, Libya, 2023.

Climate change worsened ten deadliest weather disasters, causing over 570,000 deaths


During Shabbat: Gate crushes child to death, dog severely bites another child

A tragic Shabbat in Israel: A four-year-old boy dies in a gate accident, a toddler is bitten by a dog, six divers are hospitalized, and a 16-month-old girl dies after inhaling paint powder.

 AMBULANCES ARE parked at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital emergency room.

Soaring temperatures scorch pilgrims on Hajj in Saudi Arabia

Muslim pilgrim deaths pile up due to harsh weather conditions at Hajj

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque ahead of annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 16, 2018

'Titanic': The story of the Jews on the 'unsinkable' ship

Some 69 of the passengers on board the Titanic were known to be Jewish, and their stories and experiences are some of the most interesting and heart-wrenching of the whole saga.

 ICEBERG AHEAD: Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

The man-made disaster in Sudan must be stopped - opinion

We will continue to engage with the belligerents from a neutral position that puts peace and respect for civilian’s lives and rights front and center.

 A MAN buys vegetables from a local vendor during the month of Ramadan in Omdurman, Sudan. Nearly 20 million people, almost one out of every two Sudanese, are facing acute food insecurity in a country that used to be a major food producer, the writers note.

Israel has a unique reconstruction challenge resulting from Oct. 7 - opinion

Israel needs to rehabilitate its infrastructure on a national scale while simultaneously addressing the multifaceted needs of evacuated citizens, the wounded, trauma victims, and uprooted families.

 THE LAST major natural disaster Israel faced was the Carmel Forest fire in 2010, which claimed 44 lives, forced the evacuation of some 17,000 people, and resulted in the burning of nearly 25 sq. km., including several million trees.

Japan earthquake survivors battle unsanitary conditions with no running water

Residents gather to bathe in a makeshift public bath set up by soldiers sent in to help with relief work, an improvement from when people waited for an hour in the rain for 5 liters of water.

A collapsed wall by a strong earthquake is pictured in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on February 14, 2021 in this photo taken by Kyodo.

United Hatzalah drill simulates October 7th scenario in Israel's North

The uncertainty also included concerns of bombs on the scene, cleared by sniffer dogs before proceeding. Two volunteers also were injured by gunfire in the exercise, all simulated for impact.

 Participants simulate a disaster on Kibbutz Yagur for training purposes.

WATCH: 'This is how my master's degree in Israel is opening my horizons'

Join us : Larry French, MA Student, Emergency and Disaster Management at The Lowy International School, In conversation with Erica Schachne, Editor, The Jerusalem Post Magazine.

 Larry French in Tel Aviv

Baba Vanga's 2024 predictions: EU terrorist attack, Putin assassination

Baba Vanga also warns of an impending global economic crisis and extreme weather events in 2024.

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100 years after factory fire, Jewish and Italian victims get a memorial

The fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in New York City history.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, March 25, 1911.

A movie about the Titan submersible tragedy is in the works

It took 85 years for Titanic to get a feature film, but Titan might not have to wait so long. 

 The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph