The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million package for emergency relief after a devastating earthquake in Turkiye and Syria. The US Agency for International Development that the funding will go to partners on the ground “to deliver urgently needed aid for

The World Bank has announced providing $1.78 billion in assistance to Turkey to help with relief and recovery efforts after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The death toll following the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday has risen to 21,051, CNN

Rescue workers made a final push Thursday to find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that rendered many communities unrecognizable to their inhabitants and led the Turkish president to declare it "the disaster of the century." The death toll topped 20,000. The

Thousands of people who lost their homes in a devastating earthquake huddled around campfires and clamoured for food and water in the bitter cold three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks struck Turkey and Syria, killing about 17162 people. According to Turkish President

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Forest fires across south-central Chile that have left 24 people dead and swallowed up hundreds of houses spread into new areas on Wednesday after raging overnight, burning up the habitats of vulnerable woodland animals. “We call on everyone who can to take care of the forests

Over 15,000 people have died in total following a catastrophic earthquake in the Turkish-Syria border region. Turkish state news agency Anadolu Agency, citing the country's disaster management bureau, reported early Thursday that 12,391 people have died in Turkey alone from the

The death toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday has risen to more than 11,000. At least 8,574 people have died in Turkey, the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. At least 2,530 have been killed in Syria. Erdogan has travelled

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is believed to have touched down in Britain as he makes a surprise visit to London on Wednesday, at a time when Kyiv is urging the West to send more weapons and military support to counter Russian advances. A UK Royal Air Force C-17 transport

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At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday night while 12 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ditch after colliding with a car on the Karakoram Highway in Shitial area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan district. Speaking to Dawn.com, the SSP of Diamer

The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 8,000 people as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings. As the scale of the disaster became ever more apparent, the

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by two earthquakes that killed more than 5,261 people and left a trail of destruction across a wide area of southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria. A day after the quakes hit, rescuers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 of the country’s provinces Tuesday. Turkey, and neighboring Syria, are reeling from two consecutive earthquakes — the region’s strongest in nearly a century — that have

Dozens of powerful aftershocks continued to jolt southern Turkey and northern Syria on Tuesday, a day after an earthquake struck the region killing more than 5,000 people and destroying thousands of buildings, as difficult conditions, freezing temperatures and damaged roads hampered

Rescuers are battling heavy rain and snow as they race against the clock to find survivors of a devastating earthquake in south-east Turkey. More than 4,300 people were killed and 15,000 injured in Turkey and over the border in Syria when the quake struck in the early hours of Monday.

Landslides in southern Peru have left at least 15 people dead, 20 injured and two missing, authorities said Monday, warning that the toll from the disaster could rise. "The number of people dead so far has risen to 15," said the directorate of the National Civil Defense

Türkiye will observe seven days of national mourning after deadly earthquakes hit several southeastern provinces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. "Due to the earthquakes that took place in our country on February 6, a national mourning period was declared for

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes. The confirmed death toll across the two countries has soared above 4,300 after a swarm