International aid agencies are stepping up efforts to help millions of homeless people, many sleeping in tents, mosques, schools or cars, 11 days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria killing more than 43,000. Two people were reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey on Thursday, but such rescues have […]
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Turkish woman dies a day after her rescue
KIRIKHAN, Turkey, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A woman died in hospital on Saturday a day after she was pulled out of the rubble of a collapsed building in southern Turkey, where she had been trapped for 104 hours since Monday’s devastating earthquake, rescuers said. German rescuers pulled 40-year-old Zeynep Kahraman out of the rubble in the […]
More survivors found as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 11,200
ANTAKYA: Searchers were still pulling survivors Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed. For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing temperatures to find those still alive under flattened buildings […]
Libya, Turkey sign defence deals after maritime spat
TRIPOLI: Libya’s Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah signed two deals with Turkey’s defence minister, building on a 2019 agreement that angered European nations. Dbeibah’s administration posted a statement saying the deals included “implementation protocols for the security agreement” signed that year by authorities in Tripoli, who at the time were fending off a blistering assault […]
Turkey forces hundreds to return to Syria
Hundreds of Syrian men and boys were detained, beaten and forcibly returned to their country by Turkish authorities over a six-month period, a leading human rights group said Monday. The treatment of migrants living in Turkey under temporary protection is a breach of international law, New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report. The […]
Greece: 21 dead and dozens missing after 2 migrant ships sink
Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the water off a Greek island Thursday as the death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats rose to 21, with many still missing. The boats went down hundreds of miles apart, in one case prompting a dramatic overnight rescue effort, as residents and firefighters pulled shipwrecked migrants […]
Istanbul mayor who upstaged Erdogan faces political ban
Istanbul: Istanbul’s popular mayor tried to fight off a ban from politics on Wednesday in a trial stemming from his stunning election victory over a close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2019. Ekrem Imamoglu’s fate is being watched closely for signs of judicial independence nine months before a general election in which Erdogan […]
France raises Russian sanctions
France raises Russian sanctions. France’s top diplomat on Monday raised the danger of Russia using Turkey to avoid Ukraine-related sanctions during a sensitive visit to Ankara that tried to navigate a range of prickly disputes. Catherine Colonna met her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu before flying to Athens on Tuesday to address a new spike in […]
Turkey plane carrying relief goods arrives in Pakistan
KARACHI: Turkey plane carrying relief goods arrives in Pakistan. Turkiye continues to send humanitarian assistance to Pakistan for flood-hit victims as two more planes carrying flood relief items reached Karachi on Thursday, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) told. According to a statement issued by a CAA spokesperson, two planes filled with flood-relief items reached the […]
At least 32 dead in two Turkey road accidents
Istanbul: At least 32 people were killed and dozens were injured in two separate road accidents in southeast Turkey on Saturday, a minister and local media reported. A first crash involving a bus and an ambulance killed 16 people and injured 21 more in Gaziantep province, local media said. Governor Davut Gul earlier said the […]