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Turkey: Woman pulled alive from rubble in Turkey a week after earthquake
ANTAKYA/ELBISTAN: Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Monday, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, a week after a…
Syria: How Syria’s war has hindered earthquake relief
Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on Feb. 6 but aid has been…
Turkey: Grief gives way to anger over Turkey’s earthquake response
ANTAKYA: When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk’s apartment building collapsed in Turkey‘s devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive — but pinned under the…
Turkey vows to probe collapse of buildings
ISTANBUL: Turkey vowed on Sunday to probe anyone suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in the country’s devastating earthquakes nearly one week ago…
Armenia: Turkey-Armenia gate opens for first time in decades to allow aid
ISTANBUL: A border gate between long-feuding Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow aid for victims of…
Turkish woman dies day after her rescue following 104 hours under quake rubble
KIRIKHAN: A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey,…
Turkey: Children found alive as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 22,000
KAHRAMANARAS: Rescuers pulled children alive Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of…
Turkey: Operation Dost: India lends help as earthquake shakes Turkey, Syria to the core | World News
NEW DELHI: India has launched ‘Operation Dost‘ to extend assistance to Turkey and Syria, the nations hit by an intense 7.9-magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks…
Syria: UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pushed for more humanitarian aid access to northwestern Syria from Turkey, saying he would be “very…
Afghan men, women, children chase rumor to Kabul airport
ISLAMABAD: Dozens of desperate Afghans, including women and children, dashed toward the Kabul airport following a rumor that claimed aid flights were leaving for Turkey…