[ad_1] Brussels: Flags of the 30 NATO member states at the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels flew at half-staff to honour the nearly 8,000 people who lost their lives in the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the 30-memberContinue Reading
[ad_1] Damascus: A UN joint statement has said that nearly 70 per cent of the population was in need of humanitarian assistance even before the massive 7.8-magnitude quake struck the country devastated by the 12-year prolonged crisis. The statement was issued on Tuesday by the UN Resident Coordinator and HumanitarianContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara/Damascus: As desperate searches continued to find more survivors under the rubble in both Turkey and Syria, the death toll from the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the two nations earlier this week has increased to 7,926, authorities have confirmed. In an address to the nation early Wednesday, Turkey’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ankara/Damascus: The death toll due to the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has increased to more than 4,300 as rescuers are racing against time to find more survivors amid heavy rain and snow in the two neighbouring nations, according to media reports. As of Tuesday morning, theContinue Reading
[ad_1] ADANA, Turkey : Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region. Authorities feared the death toll from Monday’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Istanbul/Damascus: Over 3,500 people were killed – more than 2,370 in Turkey and at least 1,400 in Syria, thousands more were injured, and extensive damage was caused in both countries, including fires in fuel pipelines and oil refineries, as a massive quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, struckContinue Reading
[ad_1] “My grandson is 1 1/2 years old. Please help them, please. We can’t hear them or get any news from them since morning. Please, they were on the 12th floor,” Imran Bahur wept by her destroyed apartment building in the Turkish city of Adana. Her daughter and family wereContinue Reading
[ad_1] London: The UK government said on Monday that it will immediately deploy emergency response teams to Turkey to assist with rescue efforts in the wake of the country’s worst earthquake in decades. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing more than 2,300 people.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Rescue workers and residents in multiple cities searched for survivors, working through tangles of metal and concrete. A hospital in Turkey collapsed, and patients, including newborns, were evacuated from facilities in Syria. In the Turkish city of Adana, one resident said three buildings near his home were toppled. “IContinue Reading
[ad_1] A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal Saturday night, 212 kilometres southeast of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, causing tremors in Delhi-NCR and other northern states, according to various reports. The region was shaken again at 7.57 p.m., three days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed six people in the neighbouring country.Continue Reading