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Vice President Fuat Oktay said late Saturday that at least 24,617 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye last Monday. This number rose to 29,605, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) later on Sunday. The AFAD also said 147,934 others have been evacuated from the region to the […]

Feb. 12 (UPI) — U.S. Africa Command killed at least 12 al-Shabaab fighters in an airstrike in Somalia, the agency said Sunday. U.S. Africa Command killed at least 12 al-Shabaab fighters in an airstrike in Somalia, the agency said Sunday. File Photo courtesy of Michael B. Keller/UPI/U.S. Air Force | License Photo The attack took […]

Andriy Chernyak told Kyiv Post that an attack from the territory of Belarus and a second attempt to take the capital Kyiv was “unlikely in the coming weeks”. Russian soldiers run along Red Square in central Moscow. Pic AFP Russia does not have the resources available to launch a large-scale offensive around the Feb. 24 anniversary […]

Miracles are abound in the aftermath of two earthquakes that killed thousands in Türkiye’s southern and southeastern regions. Survivors, who escaped uninjured or recovering in hospitals, say they are lucky and thank Allah for emerging alive from the devastation that razed towns and cities to the ground in a short time. Idris Kan looks at the […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. shot down an unidentified object Friday over frozen waters near Alaska at the order of President Joe Biden, less than one week after shooting down a Chinese spy balloon off the East Coast. US President Joe Biden waits for the arrival of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosangela Janja da […]

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is now at least 19,738, according to authorities. In Turkey, the death toll has risen to at least 16,546, with 66,132 others reported injured, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. The total number of deaths in Syria climbed to at least […]

Life for millions across Türkiye changed forever on Monday, as a pair of earthquakes nine hours apart with magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 rocked its southern region, marking the ‘disaster of the century’ After 14 hours of recovery efforts, a young woman was pulled from the wreckage, 96 hours after the earthquake, Hatay, Türkiye, Feb. […]

Nearly 3,400 lives have now perished in Syria following Monday’s massive earthquakes that devastated neighboring Türkiye. Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the opposition-held town of Jindayris, northwestern Syria, Feb. 9, 2023. (AFP Photo) The numbers are compiled from the Syrian state media and the Syrian Civil Defense, a […]

On 6 January, United States (US) command forces intercepted a dhow in international waters between Iran to Yemen carrying over 2 000 AK-47 assault rifles. Shipments of thousands of illicit weapons from the Iran-Yemen arms trade are reportedly transported via maritime routes to Somalia. There they are sold to the violent extremist groups Islamic State […]

In his second visit to the earthquake-hit provinces on Thursday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged that Türkiye will rebuild the affected areas within one year, while comforting survivors staying in tents President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visits tents erected for earthquake victims in Gaziantep, Türkiye, Feb. 9, 2023. (AA Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday […]