earthquakes

Damascus — Israeli airstrikes targeted a residential neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, Syrian state news reported.Loud explosions were heard over a central…

Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31.Atsu currently plays for the Turkish club Hatayspor in the Hatay province,…

Ghana international soccer player Christian Atsu remains missing more than a week after the deadly earthquakes which struck Turkey, his agent said Tuesday. Atsu was believed to have been in a building which collapsed in the southern…

Earthquake death toll tops 35,000…

The scale of destruction in Turkey and Syria from last week's earthquakes has been staggering, and so is the death toll: more than 35,000 people killed. According to the United Nations, the toll may rise to 50,000. Hundreds of…

A video shared on Twitter claims to show a building falling in the aftermath of the Turkey earthquakes. God Help #Turkey ???????? … Join @CBKNEWS121 #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkeyQuake #HelpTurkey pic.twitter.com/gOAbpnVvqK — CBKNEWS…

As time goes on and the death toll steadily rises in Turkey and Syria from the massive earthquakes a week ago — and with hopes for finding people alive amid the rubble all but gone — homeless, grief-stricken and, in many instances,…

Antakya, Turkey — Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers on Sunday continued to pull a few survivors from the rubble, six…

The United Nations activated its emergency mapping satellite service in the wake of the horrific earthquakes that devastated Turkey and Syria on Monday. More than 5,300 people were reported dead as of Tuesday, with the death toll from the…

ANTAKYA, Turkey —  Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. The death toll,…