‘Tired but morale still high’: SCDF team in Turkey describes quake rescue efforts
The Singapore Civil Defence Force retrieved three bodies from the rubble before another 48 officers joined them in Turkey on February 10.
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Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000
With chances of finding survivors growing more remote, the toll in both countries rose above 33,000 and looks set to keep growing.
World must ramp up support for quake victims
As rescue rescue efforts enter fourth night, the death toll is certain to rise further.
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.
‘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.
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,
Stronger relationships between Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey can promote world peace
As a pan Asia-Pacific power, Indonesia is trying its level best to prevent the United States and China from coming to blows, both militarily and metaphorically.