The United Nations chief launched a $397 million appeal Tuesday to help nearly 5 million survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake in rebel-held northwest Syria who have received very little assistance because of deep divisions exacerbated by the country’s 12-year war. Secretary-General
Qatar plans to send 10,000 cabins and caravans from last year’s World Cup to provide shelter for survivors of the Turkish earthquakes, officials said. The gas-rich Gulf nation says it had always planned to donate the mobile homes. They were needed to
Scenes of hope and heartbreak play out in Antakya as rescue efforts continue a week after the catastrophic tremors that reduced much of this city to rubble. A body is carried in a yellow bag from a crater below the arm of
The earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6 have now killed more than 34,000 people. The latest figures from Turkey state that 29,605 people have died over the last week. And in Syria, 4,500 have died, bringing the total between
Earthquake rescue teams in Turkey and Syria are facing down worried families as the combined death toll reaches 21,000. The total will likely only grow as people remain trapped under the rubble four days after the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 tremors struck
While rescuers in Turkey and Syria continue to search for survivors after Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake, hopes of finding more people alive in the rubble three days after the disaster are starting to fade as 15,000 people are confirmed dead. As of Thursday
A Japanese court on Tuesday rejected a damage suit filed by a group of children of Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors seeking government support for medical costs, saying the hereditary impact of radiation exposure is still unknown. A group of 28 plaintiffs whose
The number of people confirmed dead from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were recovered from the rubble of destroyed buildings. Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay said the total
Turkey: Şanlıurfa building collapses hours after earthquake The death toll from two “apocalyptic” earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria could reach 10,000, it is feared. At least 3,000 people have been killed by the powerful 7.8 and 7.5- magnitude quakes,
The bodies of eight migrants have been recovered by Italy’s coast guard during an operation overnight that also rescued 42 survivors in the central Mediterranean off the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Friday. Another two people, a newborn and a man, fell