Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited southern Turkey on Wednesday to see first-hand the destruction wrought by a massive earthquake as anger grew among local people over what they said was a slow government response to the rescue and relief effort. The combined confirmed death toll from Monday’s quake, which struck a swathe of southern Turkey مزید پڑھیں

Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter’s hand have laid bare the human cost of violent earthquakes in Syria and Turkey that by Wednesday had claimed 8,300 lives. For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake an impromptu army of rescuers have مزید پڑھیں

The United States has reiterated its support to Pakistan in the fight against terrorism, saying the latter will continue to be a “stalwart partner” of the US in the face of recent terrorist attacks. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price made this statement in response to a query at a weekly press briefing on Monday. مزید پڑھیں

Landslides triggered by steady rains have swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36 people. According to international media, Wilson Gutierrez, a civil defence official in the Mariano Nicolás Valcárcel municipality in Camana province, told reporters, on Monday that 36 bodies had been recovered in a remote sector called مزید پڑھیں

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 4,300 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria. Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday مزید پڑھیں

The US military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down a day earlier, while Beijing on Monday urged Washington not to escalate or take further action to harm its interests. The drama over the balloon, which Beijing again reiterated is a civilian airship that accidentally مزید پڑھیں

Apowerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. At least 245 were killed and hundreds injured, and the toll was expected to rise. The quake, felt as far away as Cairo, was مزید پڑھیں

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 600 people as buildings collapsed across the snowy region, and triggering a search for survivors trapped in the rubble. According to international media, the quake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning, was also felt in مزید پڑھیں

Dozens of people have been killed after a powerful 7.4 earthquake strikes Türkiye’s southern provinces, officials said. According to internaitonal media, Monday’s quake killed at least 23 people and injured 420 others in Malatya province, its governor. The quake destroyed 140 buildings in the province. At least five people were killed in southern Osmaniye province مزید پڑھیں

China has blasted the US decision to shoot down an alleged spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of “clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice” and threatened repercussions. According to international media, “China expresses strong dissatisfaction and protests against the use of force by the United States to attack the مزید پڑھیں