Is it safe to travel to Thailand right now? Thai officials say yes
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is expecting that country’s upcoming Songkran festival will generate more tourism revenue than …
Earthquakes
Ecuador earthquake kills at least four, causes widespread damage
Magnitude 6.7 tremor shakes coastal Guayas region, damaging homes and buildings. A strong earthquake has shaken the region …
Photos: Turkey-Syria earthquake, one month on
It is one month since a strong earthquake struck Turkey in the early hours of February 6, killing …
Qatar ships World Cup portable homes to quake-affected Turkey
Some two million people are living in temporary shelters after the earthquakes that hit on February 6. Qatar …
Qatar emir: ‘Exploiting human tragedy for politics unacceptable’
Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim said it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes in a country devastated …
Photos: Fans throw toys on pitch for children affected by quake
Fans of Istanbul football club Besiktas threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch on Sunday in a …
Magnitude 5.3 quake jolts Turkey, no casualties reported
Earthquake had a depth of 7km and hit the Bor district on Saturday afternoon. A magnitude 5.3 earthquake …
Death toll climbs above 50,000 after Turkey, Syria earthquakes
Nearly 240,000 rescuers continue to work in quake-hit provinces in Turkey, though no survivors have been found recently. …
Rescue phase ‘comes to a close’ in Turkey-Syria quake disaster
Rescuers saved a 13-year-old boy from under a collapsed building a week after Turkey’s deadliest modern-day earthquake killed …
Photos: Earthquake piles misery on war-ravaged Aleppo province
Jadaris, Syria – In Jandaris, in northwest Syria’s Aleppo province, residents scrambled to find and pick up remnants …