Islamabad, Pakistan — AFP An IMF team has left Pakistan after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse. After months of deadlock, the International Monetary Fund delegation arrived last week for last-ditch negotiations with a government fear...
KIRIKKALE, Türkiye (AA) – Ender Kerem was trapped under the debris of his collapsed house for 44 hours after an earthquake struck southern Türkiye. “I was on the sofa, I immediately curled up at the edge of the sofa like a cat. Then I prayed to God and waited. “Then a column (of the house) […]
GAZIANTEP / KAHRAMANMARAS / ADIYAMAN / HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – Over 100 hours since earthquakes shook southern Türkiye earlier this week, rescue efforts still continue as more survivors are pulled out from the debris. *Specialist Sgt. Osman Firat, 47, was among those rescued from the rubble in Kahramanmaras province 104 hours after the first of ...
ROME (AA) – The energy released by twin earthquakes that hit the 10 southern provinces of Türkiye was 130 times stronger than the one that occurred in Italy in 2016, a prominent Italian scientist has said. Carlo Doglioni, head of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), reiterated that the Anatolian plate might [&he...
HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – Four people were rescued from the debris of a destroyed apartment building in Hatay province 72 hours after devastating quakes hit southern Türkiye. Five-year-old Hazal and her mother Betul Guner were rescued by Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority and IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation search...
ANKARA (AA) – A three-month state of emergency to speed up rescue and aid efforts in Türkiye’s quake-hit provinces will enter into force later on Thursday, the nation’s president Erdogan has said. “The state of emergency will be in effect following today’s vote in parliament,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said while inspect...
Antakya, Turkey — AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has conceded “shortcomings” after criticism of his government’s response to the massive earthquake that killed over 11,700 people in Turkey and Syria. Survivors have been left to scramble for food and shelter — and in some cases watch helplessly as their...
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...
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 […]
Jerusalem, Undefined (AFP): Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a new delay to the controversial demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank. The Khan al-Ahmar community, on a strategic highway east of Jerusalem, was slated for demolition in 2018 after a ruling that it was built without Israeli permits. Right-wing Is...
