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Quake relief reaches Syria through newly opened crossing 14 Feb 2023 - 07:05 pm
Vehicles carrying the first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria, arrive through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
UN appeals for nearly $400 mn for Syria quake victims 14 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
An employee works on an order of custom-made cold weather sleeping bags to be donated for earthquake relief, at the Palestinian Super-Tex al-Saafin textile factory in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Syria to open two border crossings for quake aid: UN chief 14 Feb 2023 - 12:55 am
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) meeting with Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in the capital Damascus on February 13, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health 13 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:42 pm
Turkish soldiers patrol next to collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 13, 2023, as rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Sudan sends aid flight to quake-hit Syria 13 Feb 2023 - 07:55 pm
Displaced Syrians take refuge at the Sultan Ibrahim Mosque in the regime-controlled town of Jableh, northwest of the capital Damascus, on February 12, 2023 following a deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Karim Sahib / AFP)
Turkey’s earthquakes paralyze third of steel production capacity 13 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
As survival window closes, more rescued in quake in Turkey 13 Feb 2023 - 11:10 am
People stand on top of rubble of collapsed buildings during rescue operations in Hatay on February 12, 2023, after a 7,8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:12 am
Relatives sit on top of rubble of collapsed buildings, as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
Assad may consider more border crossings for Syria quake aid: WHO 12 Feb 2023 - 10:09 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 11, 2023, shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) and first lady Asma al-Assad (left) visiting families affected by the earthquake, at the Basil Al-Assad Center for Educational Training in Latakia, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000 12 Feb 2023 - 09:51 pm
Relatives warm up around a fire in front of rubble of collapsed buildings as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000 12 Feb 2023 - 09:20 pm
A Turkish soldier walks among destroyed buildings in Hatay, on February 12, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Iranian journalist released on bail week after arrest 12 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Ibrahim Raisi addressing the crowds gathered in Tehran's Azadi Square to mark the 44nd anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP)
Lebanon's Hezbollah sends aid to Syria's quake-hit Latakia 12 Feb 2023 - 06:17 pm
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid provided by Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah set out for Syria from the Lebanese capital's southern suburb on February 12, 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Turkish father's pain symbolises quake tragedy 12 Feb 2023 - 04:53 pm
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UN warns of aid failure for Syria as quake toll nears 30,000 12 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
A rescue dog searches for victims and survivors, in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the Syrian capital, on February 12 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)
Abbas urges world support for Palestinians 12 Feb 2023 - 04:27 pm
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas (second left), Jordan's King Abdullah II (center), and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (second right) talk to delegates during the Arab League's
Germany to ease visa conditions for some earthquake victims 12 Feb 2023 - 04:10 pm
People walk next to damaged buildings in the Antakia historical city in Hatay on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP

Asia

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Rescuers search for three people who were reported missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in Bogo City on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP) Philippine quake toll hits 72, aftershocks at 2,652 expected to continue in coming days

Europe

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during the protest on the Milan's highway against the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, on October 3, 2025. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Protests, strikes across Italy for Gaza flotilla
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Africa

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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs co-chairs second session of Qatari–Portuguese Joint Committee