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TikTokers jailed as Iraq targets -'decadent content-'

BAGHDAD: Dancing to Iraqi pop made TikTok personality Om Fahad a hit among tens of thousands of followers, but now she...

16 Feb 2023 10:20 AM IST

This photo provided by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Masbate, shows damages at the Magallanes coliseum in Masbate province, central Philippines after an earthquake struck early Thursday Feb. 16, 2023. (AP)

6.1 magnitude quake rocks central Philippines

The last major quake was in October in the northern Philippines

16 Feb 2023 8:39 AM IST

The Church St Anne is seen completely destroyed by the earthquake in Chardonnieres, Haiti on August 18, 2021. (AFP)

Here are the ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century

PARIS: The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century. Here is a...

13 Feb 2023 7:03 PM IST

Cranes remove debris next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Process underway to send mortal remains of Indian losing life in...

Vijay Kumar, a resident of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, was on a business trip to Turkey at the time of the earthquake

13 Feb 2023 9:32 AM IST

The country has forged ahead with its ballistic missile programme, launching larger and more advanced missiles despite United Nations Security Council resolutions and sanctions. Reuters

North Korea shows off largest-ever number of nuclear missiles at...

SEOUL: Nuclear-armed North Korea showcased its missile production muscle during a nighttime parade, state media...

9 Feb 2023 12:03 PM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)

More survivors found as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 11,200

Turkish Red Crescent chief Kerem Kinik had warned that the first 72 hours were critical in search and rescue efforts

8 Feb 2023 6:11 PM IST

People and emergency teams search for people through the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Toll rises to over 2,300 in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Turkey-'s emergency services said at least 1,498 people had died in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake

6 Feb 2023 8:49 PM IST

People search for survivors through the rubble in Diyarbakir, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the countrys south-east. - At least 284 people died in Turkey and more than 2,300 people were injured in one of Turkeys biggest quakes in at least a century, as search and rescue work continue in several major cities. (Photo: AFP)

Earthquake rattles Turkey: India to send rescue, medical teams to...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday said that it will despatch rescue and medical teams to Turkey following a 7.8 magnitude...

6 Feb 2023 5:30 PM IST

Servicemen of a territorial defence unit train during an exercise in Kryvyj Rih on September 28, 2022, amid the Russia invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Ukraine to replace defence minister in wartime reshuffle, top lawmaker...

Reznikov would be transferred to another ministerial job and replaced by Kyrylo Budanov

6 Feb 2023 11:02 AM IST

A collapsed building is seen following an earthquake in Pazarcik, in Kahramanmaras province, southern Turkey, early on Monday. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. PTI

7.8 magnitude earthquake kills hundreds across Turkey, Syria

ISTANBUL: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing hundreds of people as they slept,...

6 Feb 2023 8:15 AM IST

Muslim women holding placards while wearing burqa and hijab, participate in a rally in support of female Muslim students, in Vijayawada. (Photo: PTI)

Afghanistan: Taliban orders ban on female students in university...

Kabul [Afghanistan]: In the latest decree, the Taliban has banned female students from sitting in university entrance...

29 Jan 2023 9:20 AM IST

Pakistan is looking ahead to a general election next year. (Representational Image)

Mysterious illness claims 18 lives in Pakistan

KARACHI: A mysterious illness has killed 18 people, mostly children, in Karachi's Kemari area with health officials...

27 Jan 2023 6:30 PM IST