A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck Japan’s central Ishikawa region, leaving at least one person dead and 21 injured. The quake hit at 2:42 pm (0542 GMT) at a depth of 6 miles, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Some…
A strong earthquake has killed at least 13 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru
A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 14 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an…
Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Opposition picks ‘Turkey’s Gandhi’ to challenge Erdogan in election
Turkey’s often divided opposition parties have come together to choose a single candidate to face President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in May’s election. Kemal Kilicdaroglu leads the main secular opposition party, the centre-left Republican People’s Party (CHP). Polls suggest a tight…
Erdogan indicates Turkey elections to be in May, 3 months after quake
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote. The date indicated for the election is just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than…
Remote Tajikistan region shaken by magnitude 6.8 earthquake
A series of earthquakes has hit a remote region of Tajikistan bordering China, with the strongest temblor measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck at about 5:37am (00:37 GMT) on Thursday about 65km…
6.4 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad said the tremor occurred at 20.04 local time (17.04 GMT). Witnesses told the Reuters news agency there had…
Blinken pledges long-term aid for Turkey after devastating earthquakes
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said during a trip to Turkey that Washington would help Turkey “for as long as it takes” after earthquakes rocked the country two weeks ago, as authorities carried out wide scale demolitions of damaged…
A week after catastrophic earthquakes, focus shifting to misery — and anger among survivors
As time goes on and the death toll steadily rises in Turkey and Syria from the massive earthquakes a week ago — and with hopes of finding people alive amid the rubble all but gone — homeless, grief-stricken and, in…
Baby born in rubble of Syria earthquake is named Aya and has new guardian
A Syrian baby girl whose mother died after giving birth to her under the rubble of their home during this week’s earthquake now has a name: Aya, Arabic for “a sign from God”. With her parents and all her siblings…
Earthquake in Turkey, Syria is deadliest in a decade as deaths pass 9,400
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has killed more than 9,400 people, making it the deadliest seismic event in more than a decade. Turkish authorities updated the country’s death toll on Wednesday to 6,957. In Syria’s government-controlled area, the country’s…
