Disaster

Tuesday saw the first landing of a Saudi Arabian plane providing supplies to earthquake-stricken Syria in Aleppo in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry spokesman told AFP. Since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that slammed...

The United Nations has warned that the eventual death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria may double, with the death toll now standing at 33,000. Officials and medical personnel reported that 29,605...

With the guidance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh extends its hand of compassion by delivering a humanitarian aid package to Syria via a special flight of the Bangladesh Air Force C-130J. Upon arrival at the...

According to the state-run Anadolu news agency and a diplomat, a border gate between long-time enemies Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 35 years to allow help for victims of the...

On Saturday, a small amount of foreign help was making its way into sections of Turkey and Syria as rescuers labored to extricate kids from the wreckage in regions devastated by a powerful earthquake that has...

According to official media, the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived on Saturday in the earthquake-stricken city of Aleppo in Syria. According to the official news agency SANA, Tedros “arrived at Aleppo...

A seaside restaurant was destroyed by an earthquake that slammed Papua, the capital of Indonesia’s breakaway eastern region, on Thursday, officials said. At least four people were killed. The 22-kilometer-deep 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck on land southwest...

The likelihood of finding survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, one of the worst shocks in decades, which has killed nearly 17,500 people, was dwindling on Thursday. The four-day search of thousands of destroyed...

Thousands of children and families are at risk after two devastating earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit south-east Türkiye and Syria. According to authorities, in the two countries, more than 2,300 people have been killed, including...

Following a catastrophic earthquake on Monday, inmates in a prison in northwest Syria rebelled, and at least 20 of the inmates—most of them were members of the Islamic State group—escaped, a source at the facility told...