World Feb 14 As death toll continues to rise, quake already deadliest in Turkey’s modern history Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquakes, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago.
World Feb 14 Struggle to receive, distribute aid to Turkey and Syria after earthquake The situation was particularly desperate in Syria, where a 12-year civil war has complicated relief efforts and meant days of wrangling over how to even move aid into the country, let alone distribute it.
World Jun 09 British, Moroccan citizens sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels, for fighting for Ukraine Two British citizens and a Moroccan have been sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine for fighting on Ukraine’s side.
World Jun 09 Russia pounds key Ukrainian city as war continues in country’s east Russian forces pounded an eastern Ukrainian city and the two sides waged pitched street battles that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said could determine the fate of the critical Donbas region.
World Jun 08 As war in Ukraine drags on, fears of global food crisis grow Ukrainian forces and Russian troops continue to battle back and forth in a key eastern city. At the same time, fears of a global food crisis have escalated because million of tons of grain have piled up in the besieged…
World Jun 08 Ukrainian forces still fighting for ‘every centimeter’ of Sievierodonetsk Ukrainian forces battling Russian troops in a key eastern city appeared on the cusp of retreat. But the regional governor insisted Wednesday they are still fighting “for every centimeter” of the city.