KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) – A young woman was pulled alive from the debris of a collapsed building 248 hours after an earthquake hit southern Türkiye, as hopes of finding more survivors fade. Rescuers found Aleyna Olmez, 17, alive under the rubble in Dulkadiroglu district of Kahramanmaras province. She was then taken to a hospital in [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian authorities have detained two foreign nationals for allegedly undermining security in southeastern region of Sistan and Baluchestan, reported local media on Thursday. According to a report by state news agency IRNA, the two foreigners allegedly “played an important role in the creation of an atmosphere of inse...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has announced a new aid package to address the urgent humanitarian needs of earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria. “The £25 million new overseas aid will fund additional emergency relief, such as tents and blankets for families made homeless in freezing conditions,” an official statement said. The package will supp...
LONDON (AA) – Ministers responsible for energy from about 40 countries have pledged their continued support for disaster relief and recovery efforts in Türkiye. Canadian minister Jonathan Wilkinson chaired an online meeting held in this connection. It was co-chaired by Irish minister Eamon Ryan and United States Secretary of Energy Jenni...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to extend its Yemen sanctions mandate through November. The increasingly rare Council unity allows for the asset freeze on Yemeni entities to continue, as well as an ongoing travel ban on designated individuals. The mandate for the Yemen Panel of Experts is also being exten...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has approved a bill to revoke the citizenship of Palestinian detainees who received financial aid from the Palestinian Authority. The bill was passed with 94 votes in favor and 10 against in the 120-seat Knesset, according to its website. “The bill proposes to stipulate that if an Israeli citizen ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Türkiye this weekend to review ongoing US efforts to aid the Turkish government’s response to two earthquakes that devastated the country’s southeast last week, the State Department said. Blinken will visit Incirlik Air Base on February 19 “to see firsthand ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s new campaign for earthquake victims, named Türkiye One Heart, raised over 115.1 billion Turkish liras as many Turkish television and radio stations joined forces late Wednesday to hold an aid drive to help the survivors of last week’s devastating earthquakes. Companies, institutions, organizations and indi...
Maarrat Misrine, Syria (AFP): In a hospital in earthquake-hit northwest Syria, eight-year-old Hanaa keeps asking for news of her family, unaware she is the sole survivor among her immediate relatives. Her father, mother and four-year-old sister were among the nearly 40,000 people killed in the 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Turkiye and Syria ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday that the new EU sanctions package against Russia will contain trade bans and sanctions on Iranian entities cooperating with the Russian military. Von der Leyen spoke at the debate marking the first anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine at the European Parliament’s...
