President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than 45,000 people in Turkiye. “This nation will do what is necessary on May 14, God willing,” Erdogan said in a speech […]
OSMANIYE: An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, shook southeast Turkiye on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble. The epicentre of the tremor was the Yesilyurt district in the Malatya […]
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkiye on Monday, killing one person and wounding dozens others while causing some damaged buildings to collapse, the government’s disaster agency said. The epicentre of the tremor was the Yesilyurt district in the Malatya province, which was hit by the February 6 earthquake that killed over 44,000 people in […]
Turkiye issued rebuilding regulations on Friday for a region devastated by earthquakes this month to enable companies or charities to help in the urgent task of building new homes for the millions who need rehousing after the devastating tremors. More than 160,000 buildings, containing 520,000 apartments, collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkiye in the […]
Ramallah: At least nine Palestinians have been killed and scores wounded in an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The ministry said on Wednesday that at least 102 people were injured, many of them hit by live ammunition, and listed the condition of six […]
COLOMBO: Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests on Tuesday that forced parliament to be adjourned. The March 9 vote was meant to be a key test of support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office in July after months of protests […]
An infant child born in northern Syria during this month’s devastating earthquake has reunited with her aunt and uncle, after her parents and siblings died in the disaster. Footage circulating widely on social media after the quake showed a rescuer scrambling down a hill of rubble carrying a tiny dust-covered baby. The newborn was later […]
The only newspaper of Bangladesh’s main opposition party halted printing on Monday after a government suspension order was upheld, stoking fears about media freedom in the South Asian nation. Campaigners and foreign governments including the United States have long expressed worries about efforts by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to silence criticism and what they see […]
ANTAKYA: More than 46,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria and the toll is expected to soar, with some 345,000 apartments in Turkiye now known to have been destroyed, and many still missing. As Turkiye attempts to manage its worst modern disaster, concerns were growing over the victims of […]
BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): At least 69 Rohingya refugees, many of them women and children, landed on Indonesia’s west coast on Thursday in a wooden boat, an official with the United Nations refugee agency said. The vessel came ashore at a beach in Indonesia’s westernmost province of Aceh, according to UNHCR official Oktina Hafanti, with one […]