ANKARA (AA) – At least three people were killed and six others wounded in a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck East Turkestan early Tuesday, state-run media reported. The quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 22 kilometers (13 miles) in the mountainous border region of Wushi County. Tremors were felt across the region and in [&hell...
ISLAMABAD / ISTANBUL (AA) – An earthquake struck Western Afghanistan on Wednesday, claiming at least one life and injuring over 50 others. The injured were shifted to hospitals in Herat city, local media reported. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s western province of Herat early Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey. T...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said that the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake in Afghanistan is devastating and sought support for the war-torn country. “As the needs of those affected continue to rise, UNHCR and partners are on the ground providing critical assistance and distributing relief items,” UNHCR said [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan has shot up to 2,000 with nearly 10,000 injured as rescue workers scrambled to pull out an unknown number of people trapped under rubble, officials and local media reported. Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority said that som...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 15 people were killed and over 100 wounded in a series of earthquakes that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, fearing the death toll might go up. Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority’s spokesman Mullah Janan Saiq said the death toll could further rise, adding the earthquakes cau...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco announced on Tuesday that just weeks after the Sept. 8 devastating earthquake, contributions to a special bank account for the victims had reached about $1 billion. “Total proceeds reached 10 billion dirhams (about $1 billion), two weeks after the special account was set up,” Abdellatif Jouahri, governor of ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A Moroccan media watchdog has said that it filed a complaint against two French newspapers for their “unethical coverage” of a devastating earthquake that hit the kingdom earlier this month. The Moroccan National Press Council (NPC) said it filed a complaint to the Press and Mediation Ethics Council in F...
Asni, Morocco — AFP In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre walk from their remote village of Tinghar to […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide Morocco with a $1.3 billion loan following the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed thousands in the North African country. “The IMF concluded a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide $1.3 billion in financing over the long term,” IMF Managing Director Krista...
Ardouz, Morocco – AFP About eight hours passed after Morocco’s earthquake before help reached the hamlet of Ardouz, one of many tiny mountain villages whose remoteness is both appealing and cruelly risky. Some of the settlements perched in the High Atlas are still not accessible by road nearly a week after the nation’s deadli...
