Turkey Earthquake
'Time has stopped': grieving father relives Turkish quake
The photo of Mesut Hancer holding his dead daughter's hand protruding from the debris, her body crushed and his gaze lost, epitomised the anguish of Turkey's devastating earthquake
Earthquake caused direct damage of $5.1 billion in Syria: World Bank
The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating scores of cities and killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.
New Turkey quake: 1 killed, 69 injured
An earthquake shook southeast Turkey today, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing some buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said..It hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria..Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey's Disaster and E
Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 50,000
More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that killed tens of thousands in Turkey and neighbouring Syria
46-member Bangladesh rescue team returns from Turkey
The 46-member Bangladesh team, which conducted rescue operations in the earthquake ravaged Turkey, returned home this evening
6 dead, around 300 injured as new quake hits Turkey-Syria border
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said there had been 90 aftershocks
Another 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey
The quake hit the town of Defne at 8:04 pm (1704 GMT) and was strongly felt by AFP teams in Antakya and Adana, 200 kilometres (300 miles) to the north
Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle
On Saturday, her paternal aunt Hala and uncle by marriage Khalil Al-Sawadi finally picked up their niece - whom they named Afraa, after her deceased mother
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 46,000; desperation for signs of life
Three people, including a child, were rescued alive. The mother and father survived but the child died later of dehydration, the rescue team said. One older sister and a twin did not make it
Body of Ghana footballer Atsu found in Turkey quake rubble: report
There were initial reports he had been rescued a day after the quake, but these turned out to be false.
3 rescued from Turkey rubble as quake death toll passes 45,000
While many international rescue teams have left the vast quake zone, survivors were still emerging from under a multitude of flattened homes, defying all the odds
Erdogan vows to rebuild, rescue work winds down
Damage assessment of buildings, of which tens of thousands were destroyed, will be completed in a week and reconstruction will begin within months, he said.
9 survivors pulled from rubble as Turkey quake death toll tops 41,000
Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold
New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000
An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly re-opened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week's earthquake, which killed nearly 40,000 people in the region
Turkey quake Europe's worst natural disaster in 'a century': WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week's massive earthquake, the epicentre of which was in Turkey, constituted the "worst natural disaster" in 100 years in its Europe region
Over 7 million children affected: UN
Unicef fears many thousands of children have been killed
Saudi plane lands in Syria with aid, first in decade
A Saudi Arabian plane carrying aid to quake-hit Syria landed in second city Aleppo today -- the first in more than a decade of war, a transport ministry official told AFP.
Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 37,000; hopes fade for survivors
Rescuers worked through the night to rescue people clinging to life beneath the rubble eight days after Turkey's worst earthquake in modern history but hopes of finding many more survivors were fading on Tuesday.
