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...

Turkey’s media watchdog nixes TV broadcast to collect donations for quake victims

Prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı said Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has denied his request to air a humanitarian...

Stockholm police refuse to issue permit for another Quran burning outside Turkish embassy

Stockholm police have refused to issue a permit for an event in which the Quran was to be burned outside the Turkish embassy in...

Unidentified quake victims not included in Turkey death toll, opposition party leader says

Unidentified victims of a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria are not included in the death toll, said Ali Babacan, leader...

Turkey working to open 2 more border crossings with Syria for humanitarian operations

Turkey is working to open two more border crossings with Syria to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the country after the two neighbors...

Turkish gov’t restricts Twitter following deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria

The Turkish government restricted Twitter on multiple internet providers following a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, global internet monitor NetBlocks...

Turkish authorities detain 3 former civil servants due to Gülen links upon pushback by...

Three former civil servants who have been accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained in the western Turkish province of Edirne...

Sweden sends additional 30 mln SEK in humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit areas in Turkey...

Sweden on Tuesday allocated an additional 30 million SEK ($2.8 million) in humanitarian aid to areas affected by a deadly earthquake that killed thousands...
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