Turks living abroad relied on social media for earthquake news amid failure of regular...
Turks living outside their home country have relied heavily on social media for news about relatives who were affected by earthquakes that struck southeastern...
EU to host donors conference on Syria, Turkey quake aid on March 16
The European Union will host a donors conference in Brussels on March 16 to mobilize funds in support of people in Turkey and Syria...
Dutch fundraising campaign raises millions for Turkish, Syrian earthquake victims
A total of 89 million euros was collected in the Netherlands during its "National Day of Action Campaign" on Wednesday to help victims of...
Stockholm police continue to deny permits for Quran burning events
Stockholm police have again refused to issue a permit for another event at which the Quran was to be burned in front of the...
UN agencies need $400 mln for 4.9 million people in Syria affected by the...
UN humanitarian agencies will need $397.6 million in funding over the next three months to respond to the most pressing humanitarian needs of 4.9...
Over 5 million may need shelter support in Syria after quake: UN refugee agency
Some 5.3 million people in Syria may have been affected by a devastating earthquake last week and will need some form of shelter assistance,...
UN announces additional $25 million for earthquake response in Syria
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Friday announced an additional $25 million grant to boost aid efforts...
Greeks put politics aside to rush aid to Turkey
Aimilia Balta’s mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago, but it has not stopped the elderly Greek from donating...
Israel quake teams should work through sabbath: chief rabbi
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, ruled Friday that emergency teams deployed to Turkey to help in the earthquake response should work through the...
UN seeks aid for 874,000 Turkey-Syria earthquake survivors
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Friday appealed for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by...
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