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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

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Xi inspects combat readiness of troops stationed along India-China...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a video conversation with the soldiers stationed along the India-China...

21 Jan 2023 12:33 AM IST

Rescuers pull the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. - Nepal observed a day of mourning on January 16 for the victims of the nations deadliest aviation disaster in three decades, with 67 people confirmed killed in the plane crash. (Photo: AFP)

Black box of crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft recovered from accident...

KATHMANDU: The black box of the crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft was recovered from the accident site on Monday, officials...

16 Jan 2023 3:01 PM IST

China recorded 59,938 Covid-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year. (Representational Image)

China reports almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in a month

BEIJING: China's health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in just over a month,...

14 Jan 2023 5:47 PM IST

This handout picture taken and released on January 10, 2023 by BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows a damaged house after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku. (Photo: AFP)

7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

JAKARTA: A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern...

10 Jan 2023 5:46 PM IST

Afghan boys sit near their damaged house that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera District of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

7.6 quake damages buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

Deeper quakes tend to cause less surface damage than shallow shaking but are more widely felt

10 Jan 2023 7:44 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations,...

31 Dec 2022 9:40 AM IST