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Haiti's main seaport Port international de Port-au-Prince suspends operations after being attacked and looted by armed gangs. The national state of emergency is also extended for another month amid ongoing civil unrest.
2024-03-7

Iceland declares a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes occurs near the Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Southern Peninsula. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that an eruption could occur in the coming days.
2023-11-10

Japan declares a quasi-state of emergency for Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima prefectures, which host U.S. military bases and are reporting an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. The quasi-emergency measures will take effect on January 9.
2022-01-7

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says that the two captured American mercenaries accused of organizing an armed incursion into Venezuela will be tried in the country by its civil courts. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. government will "use every tool that we have available to try to get them back."
2020-05-6

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declares a state of emergency for seven days starting on January 3.
2020-01-2

Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the Russian Ground Forces to join firefighting efforts to help tackle raging wildfires in Siberia. A state of emergency has been declared in Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Buryatia and Sakha Republic, where millions of hectares are currently burning out of control.
2019-07-31

Ecuador declares a state of emergency over increases in migrant entry from Venezuela.
2018-08-9

Venezuelan opposition leaders say their Democratic Unity Roundtable has won control of the 167-seat legislature from the ruling Socialists for the first time since 1998. There is no confirmation on Sunday's election from the national electoral board. An opposition victory would be a major setback for the socialist revolution started 17 years ago by the late Hugo Chávez.
2015-12-6

The Venezuelan government attempts to put an end to a toilet paper shortage.
2013-05-16

Heavy flooding and mudslides claim at least 21 lives in Venezuela, with the President of Venezuela declaring a state of emergency in the state of Falcón.
2010-11-30