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  • White House wants to ‘exploit’ what it can recover from China balloon

    Date: 2023-02-06 21:47:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:10006274

    WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - White House national security officials on Monday said the Joe Biden administration is working to recover the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, The Hill ....

  • A new 7.6-magnitude earthquake hits southeastern Turkey

    Date: 2023-02-06 13:29:31 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:59 - ID:10005383

    ANKARA, Feb 6 (MENA) - A second earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck southeastern Türkiye's Kahramanmaraş region on Monday, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said in a statement carried by Turkey's A News. It occurred ....

  • EU condoles with Turkey, Syria over quake victims

    Date: 2023-02-06 12:39:07 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:50 - ID:10005199

    BRUSSELS, Feb 8 (MENA) - The European Union has expressed condolences and sympathy with Turkey and Syria over the death of hundreds of people in the earthquake that hit the two countries Monday morning. "We stand in full solidarity with the ....

  • Turkish defense military sets up air aid corridor to earthquake zone

    Date: 2023-02-06 11:36:23 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:40 - ID:10005042

    ANKARA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Turkish defense ministry said in a statement Monday that it set up an air corridor to enable search and rescue teams to reach the zone affected by the major earthquake in southern Turkey. “We mobilized our planes to ....

  • Quake death toll in Turkey soars to 912: Erdogan

    Date: 2023-02-06 11:29:49 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:37 - ID:10005060

    ANKARA, Feb 6 (MENA) - At least 912 people died in Turkey from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck early Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, sharply revising up earlier figures. With at least 326 people also dying in ....

  • Energy infrastructure damaged in 7.4 magnitude quake: Turkish energy minister

    Date: 2023-02-06 11:04:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:35 - ID:10004941

    ANKARA, Feb 6 (MENA) - The earthquake that originated in the southern city of Kahramanmaraş early on Monday caused serious damage to energy infrastructure in the city, the country's energy and natural resources minister said. An earthquake of 7.4 ....

  • Palestinian FM: Ukraine war won't prevent us from expanding cooperation with Russia

    Date: 2023-02-06 10:06:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:10004762

    MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki has said the conflict in Ukraine would not prevent the Palestinian side from expanding cooperation with Russia. Palestine denounces the West's double-standard punitive measures, ....

  • Türkiye's earthquake toll rises to more than 284 dead, 2,323 wounded

    Date: 2023-02-06 09:02:50 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:19 - ID:10004536

    ANKARA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said that Türkiye's earthquake toll rose to more than 284 dead and 2,323 injured across 10 provinces. In statements to TRT News, Qktay said that that 1,710 buildings were ....

  • USGS: deadly quake is one of the most powerful to hit Turkey in 100 years

    Date: 2023-02-06 08:16:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:10004365

    WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey early Monday is tied as the strongest the country has experienced in more than 100 years of records, CNN reported according to the United States Geological Survey ....

  • Pope Francis leaves South Sudan, bound for Rome

    Date: 2023-02-05 16:20:44 GMT - South Sudan - World - SN:50 - ID:10003307

    JUBA, Feb 5 (MENA) - Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday, urging the people to make themselves immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic ....

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