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Warnings current toll of of 33,000 from earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria could double

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell suggested the death toll could reach 50,000.

According to Ukrainian Health Minister VIktor Liashko, 1,218 Ukrainian health facilities have been damaged, including 540 damaged hospitals, 173 of which were totally destroyed. The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner said Sunday that his troops had taken an eastern Ukrainian village a few kilometres from the key city…

Yemeni areas under the Houthi militia’s control have received no vaccines, angering Yemen’s health and government circles, especially after the militia leaders portrayed inoculation as an "international conspiracy" targeting the population. The Yemeni health community feared the coup's hostile approach to immunization campaigns would lead to widespread epidemics, especially among…

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double.

Officials and medics said 29,605 people have died in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria; Baby girl rescued in Hatay

Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

The head of the Yemeni Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, left Aden for Riyadh ahead of his European tour, including Belgium and Germany, to coordinate the stalled peace efforts with the Houthi militia. According to a source in the Yemeni presidency, Alimi was scheduled to hold discussions with senior European officials…

The European Union's envoy to Syria said early on Sunday that it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough help to Syrians following the earthquake that devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey last week.