By Olawale Afolabi Oil prices dropped on Tuesday as concerns eased about the fallout from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow. The price of Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell by 0.11 percent to $72.06 per barrel while US West…
Britain on Wednesday announced a package of sanctions against what it described as ‘global violators of women’s rights’ based in Iran, Syria, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan. British foreign minister James Cleverly disclosed this in an emailed statement.…
At least five people died in Syria after the latest earthquakes shook the Turkish-Syrian border region, activists said on Tuesday morning. Two earthquakes, three minutes apart and measuring 6.4 and 5.8 in magnitude, shook southern Turkey on Monday evening, according…
The number of people killed in a devastating earthquake that struck the Turkey-Syria border area neared 42,000 on Thursday, as search and rescue efforts continued 10 days later. In Turkey alone, 36,187 people died across 11 provinces, State News Agency,…
The Turkish government on Friday solicited humanitarian assistance from its Nigerian counterpart for victims of the recent devastating earthquake in the country. The Turkish Embassy in a statement said the assistance would cushion the effect of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake…
Report by NBC news on Tuesday revealed the Death toll in the Monday’s massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, according to officials in both countries, has reached to 7,266. According to Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at least 5,434…
Former Chelsea winger, Christian Atsu, has been pulled from the rubble of a building in Hatay with injuries. Atsu’s manager, Mustafa Özat, disclosed this in an interview with the Turkish radio channel Radyo Gol. Atsu, who currently plays for Hatayspor,…
The confirmed death toll in Turkey following a devastating earthquake which occured in the Syrian-Turkish border region has risen to 3,381. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, AFAD, stated that more than 20,000 people were injured. The authority added that…
