[ad_1] Puducherry: The Puducherry Assembly paid homage on Friday to the people killed in the earthquake in Turkey and Syria on February 6 that left over 50,000 people dead and countless others homeless. As soon as the House resumed its sitting today in the Budget session, Speaker R Selvam madeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara: The annual peak season for Turkish tourism is expected to come in time, as popular resorts are largely far away from regions hit by the massive February 6 earthquakes, local experts have said. Turkey is still recovering from earthquakes that have killed tens of thousands of people andContinue Reading
[ad_1] Istanbul: Turkey’s largest city Istanbul has launched a program to provide rapid scans of buildings as many people worry about the safety of their residences in the wake of devastating February 6 earthquakes that killed more than 53,500 in the country and neighbouring Syria As Turkey’s financial and culturalContinue Reading
[ad_1] Deadly New Quakes of 6.4 and 5.8 Magnitude Trap People Under Rubble- Details Here Rescuers are once again searching for people trapped under rubble in Turkey after two new earthquakes hit the country, killing at least three people. Tremors of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude struck in the south-east nearContinue Reading
[ad_1] Damascus: Syria has urged the United Nations to take necessary measures to deter Israel’s attacks and hold it accountable after a deadly Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. “When Syria was trying to heal its wounds, bury its martyrs, and receive condolences, sympathy, and international humanitarian supportContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara, February 10: The death toll in the deadly Turkey-Syri earthquakes has climbed to at least 21,051 CNN reported citing authorities on Friday. At least 17,674 people have died and 72,879 people have been injured in Turkey, according to Vice President Fuat Oktay on Thursday. In the contrast, accordingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Rescue workers and residents erupted in cheers when a family was saved from the rubble of a demolished building in the Syrian village of Bisnia on Wednesday. A man, his son and daughter were pulled out from beneath the rubble where they had been stuck for two days after a catastrophic earthquakeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Photo: AP Damascus: The Syrian Foreign Ministry has called for international help after powerful earthquakes hit the country and killed nearly 900 people in Syria. In a statement, the ministry urged the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other humanitarian organizations to support the SyrianContinue Reading
[ad_1] The U.S. response “is already underway,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday. “We are determined to do all that we can to help those affected by these earthquakes in the days, weeks, and months ahead.” Late Sunday evening, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House wasContinue Reading
[ad_1] Juba: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned deadly violence in Kajo-Keji County in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State that left at least 27 dead and several others injured on February 2. Nicholas Haysom, the UN secretary-general’s special representative in South Sudan, called on the authoritiesContinue Reading