Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The sole border crossing used to shuttle life-saving aid from Turkiye into conflict-ravaged Syria has seen its operations disrupted by the deadly earthquake that struck the two countries, the UN has said. “The cross-border operation has itself been impacted,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has been detained in the Indian capital New Delhi for protesting against the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir administration’s anti-encroachment drive in the valley. At the protest site, Mufti said: “Jammu and Kashmir has been turned into Afghanistan by the Bharatiya J...
Jindayris, Syria (AFP): Extended family members pulled a newborn baby alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria, after finding her still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother, who died in Monday’s massive quake, a relative said. The infant is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom […]
LONDON (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria a “grade three emergency” — with a “critical 48 hour window” to save people who are trapped. WHO Regional Director Hans Kluge said that they are channeling all resources to these two countries, saying the “k...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Five members of a family, including two children aged three and five and an infant, have been found dead in a rented accommodation in a northern district of Indian-occupied Kashmir. Faraz Ahmad, a resident of Kralpora village in the Kupwara district, where the unfortunate incident occurred, said that the [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US-based NGO owned by a Pakistani-American has mobilized millions of dollars’ worth of relief supplies to help the victims of two powerful earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye, killing some 6,000 people at last count and leaving many in need of assistance. Mubashir Kazi, a Pakistani-American from the Global Empowe...
Paris, France (AFP): A combination of factors made the powerful earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria early Monday particularly deadly, including its timing, location, relatively quiet faultline and the weak construction of the collapsed buildings, experts said. The earthquake caused such devastation partly because of its power — it i...
Damascus, Syria (AFP): Several of Syria’s archaeological sites including a famed citadel in the northern city of Aleppo have been damaged in the earthquake that struck the region on Monday, the country’s antiquities authority has said. “Parts of the Ottoman mill inside the citadel of Aleppo have collapsed, while sections of t...
Hatay, Turkey (AFP): Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least 4,800 people. Disaster agencies said several thousand buildings were flattened in cities across a vast border region — pouring misery on...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 1,762 people were killed and 12,068 others injured in 10 provinces due to two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, said an official from the country’s disaster agency. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook seve...
