Cold, hunger, despair grip homeless as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 19,000
The current death toll has already surpassed the more than 17,000 people killed in 1999 when a similarly powerful quake hit Turkey’s more densely populated northwest.
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Pakistan has a moral responsibility to ensure as much assistance as possible to quake-hit Turkiye
As rescuers make frantic efforts to retrieve survivors from under the rubble of thousands of collapsed buildings, the images and reports pouring in from the affected areas tell a…
‘Almost all of my relatives have passed away’: Turks in S’pore mourn loved ones, rally to help quake victims
Since Monday’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake that devastated Turkey, Mr Ahmet Akpinar has been unable to sleep, fearing that many of his relatives living in Kahramanmaras have been…
Erdogan admits ‘shortcomings’ as Turkey, Syria quake toll hits 11,700
Survivors have been left to scramble for food and shelter — and in some cases watch helplessly as their relatives called for rescue, and eventually went silent under the…
Embassy reports first Indonesian deaths in Turkey quakes
Scenes of utter destruction filled the footage taken by Indonesian officials based in Turkey as they made their way past collapsed buildings and public infrastructure.
Bangladesh sends 46-member rescue team to Turkey
The team includes 24 members from the Bangladesh Army, 10 medical professionals, and 12 personnel from the Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Humanity must act as one to help quake survivors
The paper urges every country to provide as much assistance to the affected – and in the process save as many lives – as possible.
Asia mobilises to help save lives, bring aid to victims of massive quake in Turkey, Syria
Governments in the region have started sending search-and-rescue teams, as well as relief aid, as the death toll soared past 5,000.
Turkey earthquake: Govt seeks to evacuate 13 stranded Malaysians
The Malaysians involved comprised 11 men and two women working in several fields of professions in Turkiye.
Turkey earthquake: South Korea to provide $5 million aid, dispatch rescue workers
The president also instructed relevant ministries to dispatch rescue workers and emergency medical supplies using South Korean military transport planes,