Rescue Efforts: Bangladesh sends team to Turkey

A 46-member rescue team left Dhaka last night for Turkey to join the search and rescue operation in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Why first 72 hours crucial for rescues

Time was running out for survivors buried in the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, as search efforts near the crucial 72-hour mark, a rescue response expert said yesterday.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Hope, heartbreak as children pulled from rubble

A photograph of a father holding the hand of his teenage daughter who died trapped under the rubble of a flattened building in the Turkish region of Kahramanmaras conveys the scale of the suffering provoked by Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Turkey-Syria Quake: Race against time to save survivors

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled frigid cold yesterday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,200 people.
7 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Bangladeshi team to join rescue efforts in Turkey

Bangladesh is sending a joint support team led by the Armed Forces Division to Turkey to conduct search and rescue operations in the aftermath of Monday’s horrific earthquake.
7 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli troops kill teen in West Bank raid

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the Israeli army saying he had fired on soldiers.
7 February 2023, 09:44 AM

Researcher predicted it 3 days back

A Dutch researcher accurately predicted yesterday’s Turkey-Syria earthquake, three days before it happened.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Jericho Raid: Israel kills 5 Palestinians

Israel said its forces killed five alleged Palestinian gunmen in a raid in the occupied West Bank yesterday, after a days-long search for suspects in a shooting near Jericho.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Quake piles misery on war-ravaged Syrians

Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - a devastating earthquake yesterday looked painfully familiar for Syrian families and rescuers worn down by nearly 12 years of bombardment and displacement.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli forces kill 5 Palestinians in Jericho raid

Israeli forces on Monday killed five alleged Palestinian gunmen in a raid in the occupied West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, after a days-long search for suspects in a shooting near Jericho.
6 February 2023, 10:52 AM

Protest-hit Iran detains journalist

Iranian authorities have detained a journalist at a reformist publication, local media reported yesterday, as her sister, also a journalist, remains in custody after reporting on Mahsa Amini’s death.
5 February 2023, 18:00 PM

German TV team quits Iraq after pressure: broadcaster

A television team from the Arabic-language channel of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle left Iraq at short notice on Thursday after “unacceptable” pressure from officials, the DW chief editor said.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi released

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, supporters said yesterday.
3 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Conflict flares in Gaza

Israeli warplanes struck Gaza early yesterday, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian militants, as violence flared despite US calls for “urgent steps” to restore calm.
2 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran blames Israel for drone attack

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations said arch-enemy Israel was “responsible” for a drone attack on a defence ministry site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported yesterday.
2 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Saudi executions up sharply under King Salman, MBS: report

Executions in Saudi Arabia have nearly doubled under King Salman and his son, de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman, activist groups said yesterday, detailing cases of torture and other human rights violations.
1 February 2023, 13:23 PM

Iran jails couple in viral dancing video

An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of over 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran’s main landmarks in a video seen as a symbol of defiance against the regime, activists said yesterday.
31 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinians face ‘shrinking horizon of hope’: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians’ West Bank yesterday, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict.
31 January 2023, 18:00 PM

West Bank violence: Blinken voices sorrow for 'innocent' Palestinians killed

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday expressed his sorrow for "innocent" Palestinians killed in a spike of violence in the occupied West Bank, after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
31 January 2023, 15:38 PM

Ten dead in new toll after fresh Syria strikes: monitor

A total of 10 people were killed in a series of drone strikes targeting pro-Iran factions in eastern Syria, including three dead in strikes yesterday, a war monitor said.
30 January 2023, 18:00 PM