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19 October 2025, 02:53 AM
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‘Just a wasteland’
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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15 October 2025, 18:58 PM
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14 October 2025, 06:08 AM
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Turkey-Syria Quake: 7m children affected
More than seven million children have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated Turkey and Syria last week, the United Nations said yesterday, voicing fear that “many thousands” more had died.
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Mayor gives singles extra pay
A life-long bachelor mayor in the Philippines has declared to give single staff extra pay yesterday for Valentine’s Day, to show gratitude for the extra hours they work and show that “someone loves them”.
14 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Turkey-Syria Earthquake: Rescue phase ‘coming to a close’
The phase of the rescue after the major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria a week ago is “coming to a close” with urgency now switching to shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care, the UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said during a visit to Syria yesterday.
13 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Miracle rescues continue
Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 35,000 dead, as the UN warned the toll was set to rise far higher.
13 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Israel strikes Gaza, one killed in West Bank raid
Israel struck a Hamas base in Gaza on Monday in response to a rocket fired from the enclave, while one Palestinian died during what the army called a West Bank raid targeting suspects
13 February 2023, 11:42 AM
Turkey, Syria quake death toll nears 30,000
The UN yesterday denounced a failure to get desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning that the death toll of nearly 30,000 from an earthquake that also devastated Turkey could at least double.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Israeli troops kill Palestinian boy aged 14
Israeli troops yesterday killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank that led to clashes with gunmen, medical officials and witnesses said.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
IS attack in central Syria kills 11
At least 11 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a central Syria attack blamed on the Islamic State group, a war monitor said yesterday.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Raisi to visit China
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will head to China within days for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening economic cooperation, state media reported yesterday.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Netanyahu pledges more action against Palestinian attackers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday promised a stronger Israeli response in dealing with a spate of Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, as pressure swelled within his right-wing government to employ more severe tactics.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Hope, resources in short supply
As Syria’s earthquake rescue efforts near the one week mark, an unsettling silence blankets the area as a search dog sniffs around a flattened home in the coastal town of Jableh.
12 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Turkey-Syria Quake: Death toll likely to ‘more than double’
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria is likely to “more than double”, said the UN yesterday, five days after the natural disaster struck the region, leaving more than 25,000 dead.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Iran celebrates 44th anniv of Islamic revolution
Tens of thousands of Iranians yesterday rallied in Tehran and other major cities to mark the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, as their president said months-long protests had been defeated.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Palestinian killed by settler in West Bank
A Jewish settler fatally shot a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Palestinian officials said.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Nearly 26m affected by Turkey-Syria quake: WHO
Almost 26 million people have been affected by the deadly earthquake that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week, the WHO said yesterday, warning that dozens of hospitals had been damaged.
11 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Car ramming kills 2 in east Jerusalem
Two people including a child were killed and several injured when a driver rammed his car into a group of people at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem yesterday, Israeli emergency services said.
10 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Turkey-Syria Quake: Death toll nears 24,000
Rescuers yesterday pulled people, including children, alive from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll neared 24,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless.
10 February 2023, 18:00 PM
2 including child killed in east Jerusalem car crash
"The suspect was neutralised on the spot" in Ramot, a Jewish settlement in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, the Israeli police said, describing it as a "terror" attack.
10 February 2023, 14:14 PM
Turkey-Syria Quake: Hopes turn to despair
Hopes of finding more survivors faded yesterday after the earthquake that killed over 20,000 people in Turkey and Syria, as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Turkey, Syria Earthquake: Anger grows over rescue effort
Rescuers were still pulling survivors yesterday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 12,000 people in Turkey and Syria, even as rescue chances dwindled and victims clamoured for help.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM