Campaign raises MVR 1.1m for quake hit Turkey, Syria

All the scholars present at the ceremony to hand over the funds to the IAC expressed their gratitude for the example shown by the Maldivians.

20 February 2023

Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey

Organised by Arab tribes, trucks loaded with blankets, food, medical supplies and tents arrived overnight in Syria.

16 February 2023

Earthquake death toll passes 46,000; desperation for any life

Neither Turkey nor Syria have said how many people are still missing following the quake.

19 February 2023

Nine survivors pulled from Turkey's rubble, death toll 40,000

A first convoy of U.N. aid entered rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey via the newly-opened Bab al-Salam crossing.

15 February 2023

Blinken to Turkey: 'the United States is here' with aid

Almost two weeks after the earthquake, search and rescue operations are coming to an end, but Blinken said the United States would continue to help.

20 February 2023

Children who survived in Colombia jungle will tell own story

The children, aged 1 through 13, survived a May 1 plane crash that killed their mother and two other adults.

12 June 2023

Turkey finds more survivors as anger grows a week after quake

It is the sixth most deadly natural disaster this century, behind the 2005 tremor that killed at least 73,000 in Pakistan.

14 February 2023

Child plane crash survivors in "acceptable" state of health

The youngest of the children turned one while in the jungle, while her brother had his fifth birthday, he said. The other sister is nine.

11 June 2023