Japan issues heatstroke warning as 'cooling shelters' offer respite
Authorities urged people to avoid physical activity as the environment ministry issued top 'danger'-level alerts.
Tue Jul 09 2024
Two more baitul mahabbah to be established next year - Saifuddin Nasution
Two more temporary shelters for foreign children will be established in Kelantan and Sarawak next year.
Fri Dec 15 2023
Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them
The wary Nordic country made the construction of emergency shelters mandatory under apartment blocks and office buildings since 1950s.
Sat Sep 02 2023
Death toll from Ecuador landslide deaths rises to 17, over 70 remain missing
Workers are being helped by heavy machinery and have installed shelters for people displaced by the landslide.
Fri Mar 31 2023
Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps 'planned sabotage'
Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire.
Mon Mar 13 2023
Thousands of Rohingya refugees homeless after Bangladesh camp fire - UN
UNHCR said more than 2,000 shelters and over 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the blaze.
Tue Mar 07 2023
COVID protests escalate in Guangzhou as China lockdown anger boils
Guangzhou said they would allow close contacts of COVID cases to quarantine at home rather than being forced to go to makeshift shelters.
Wed Nov 30 2022
Ukraine setting up 'invincibility centres' to help provide heat and water
Ukraine's government promised to create shelters to provide heat and water and encouraged citizens to conserve energy.
Wed Nov 23 2022
Flash floods hit 22 areas in Melaka, two relief centres opened
29 people from nine families affected by flash floods in Alor Gajah have been placed at two flood relief shelters after heavy downpours.
Sun Sep 18 2022
Pakistan's flood-affected communities can help build these low-tech shelters
Pakistan's first female architect has been working on the material for more than a decade.
Mon Sep 12 2022
From furnace to flood: World's hottest city in Pakistan now under water
More than 40,000 people are living in temporary shelters, mostly in crowded schools with limited access to food.
Thu Sep 01 2022
Sabah floods: 1,958 victims housed at 17 shelters in Tenom, Beaufort
A total of 1,958 people from 733 families affected by the floods in Tenom and Beaufort are housed at 17 temporary evacuation centres (PPS).
Thu May 12 2022
Maldives shelters sanctioned Russian billionaires' yachts
The idea of seizing yachts is "far-fetched," because Maldives legal system is not robust enough, Hussain Shameem said.
Thu Apr 07 2022
Floods: 110 Malaysian students in Queensland evacuated to temporary shelters
Saifuddin said overall there were 348 Malaysians registered in Queensland, including about 200 students.
Mon Feb 28 2022
From cyber attacks to bomb shelters, boxer-turned-mayor Klitschko readies Kyiv's defences
Klitschko is now readying its defences, inspecting Soviet era bomb shelters and encouraging citizens to become reservists.
Thu Feb 10 2022