By Anadolu Agency At least 12,873 people were killed and 62,937 others were injured by two strong earthquakes which jolted southern Turkey on Monday, the country’s disaster agency said on Thursday. The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, were felt by 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir,

A Photograph appears on the Internet /Volker Türk The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged the Somali government to investigate the killing spree committed by Hargeisa SNM militia in the SSC area Las Anod Somalia. Volker Türk, the chairman of the committee, suggested that the Somali government investigate and bring to justice the people

A number of prime office space landlords in Nairobi are now setting rent prices in dollars/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa A number of prime office space landlords in Nairobi are now setting rent prices in dollars, joining a growing number of businesses that are pegging daily sales prices on the movement of the greenback in

By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday a state of emergency for three months in 10 provinces hit by Monday’s massive earthquakes in the country’s south. “Based on the authority given to us by Article 119 of the Constitution, we decided to declare a state of emergency,” Erdogan said at the State

People look amid rubble as the search for survivors continues following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. Photographer Umit Bektas By Reuters Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Tuesday that the death toll from the earthquakes centred in southeastern Turkey rose to 3,419, bringing the total including those killed in Syria to

By Anadolu Agency At least 1,014 people were killed and 7,003 others injured in 10 provinces after strong earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, the country’s disaster agency’s head Yunus Sezer said. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and heavily affected several provinces including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir,

People and emergency teams rescue a person on a stretcher from a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (IHA agency via AP) By The Associated Press A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with members of the ruling United Russia political party to discuss international cooperation and the support of compatriots abroad, in Moscow, Russia, February 3, 2023. Photographer Yuri Kochetkov By Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Mali this week, the Malian foreign

File Photo/Somali Times Uneducated defence minister sign agreement with UAE to manage security of Somalia The Minister of the Interior, Federal Affairs, and Reconciliation is the Honorable Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and a few other ministers who rejected the colonisation agreement that would have forced the Somali government to lose control of its security obligations that

By Anadolu Agency Thousands of people took to the streets in Israeli cities Saturday for a fifth straight week to protest the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning proposed judicial reforms. Demonstrators from non-governmental organizations, lawyers, and technology sectors staged the protests. Police closed roads leading to squares in Tel Aviv during the day