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'A crane, for God's sake': Inside the struggles of Turkey's earthquake response

Kevser said she could hear her two sons trapped beneath the rubble of their collapsed apartment building in the Turkish city of Antakya but for two days she was unable to find an emergency response leader to order their rescue.

Reuters

India arrests 2,000 men in crackdown on illegal child marriages

Over the last week, police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.

Radio France Internationale

UN aid chief: quake rescue phase 'coming to a close'

The phase of the rescue after the major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria a week ago is "coming to a close" with urgency now switching to shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care, the U.N. aid chief said during a visit to Syria on Monday.

Reuters

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Rescuers keep digging for survivors a week after the Turkey-Syria earthquake

People buried under rubble in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing weather and a week without water. A 40-year-old woman was pulled alive in Gaziantep province early Monday.

WEKU

Uganda move to close UN rights office angers opposition

A move by Uganda's government to close the United Nations' local human rights office has drawn strong criticism from opposition leaders and activists, who say it highlights the country's worsening record on civil liberties.

Reuters

Yemeni Activists Document Houthi Recruitment of 5,000 Children since the Coup Began

A group of 24 Yemeni human rights organizations called on all parties to stop violations against children, prevent child recruitment, and not involve them in military operations to benefit any party in the conflict in Yemen. The organizations issued a statement on International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel legalises nine settler outposts in occupied West Bank

Settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international law and have been condemned by the UN.

Al Jazeera

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So Mr Bach, will nothing ever be enough to ban Russia from the Olympics?

The International Olympic Committee is determined to enable Russians to compete in Paris next year despite the unrelenting war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Stand-off with minority Serbs holds back Kosovo 15 years after independence

When in December Serbia put forces on highest combat alert in response to increasing violence in Kosovo between police and minority Serb protesters, a shareholder in Pristina's newest shopping mall began getting calls from unnerved investors.

Reuters

Nine survivors pulled from Turkey's rubble as earthquake death toll passes 40,000

Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold.

Reuters

'Miracle' baby pulled alive from rubble in Turkey's Antakya days after quake

Amid the anguish in quake-stricken Turkey, FRANCE 24 brings you the remarkable story of a baby girl called Aliye Dagli, pulled alive from the rubble of her home in Antakya almost six days after the devastating February 6 earthquakes – when experts say the chances of finding survivors is lower…

France 24

Explainer-How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief

Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on Feb. 6 but aid has been slow to reach the most affected areas.

Reuters

Syria's Assad requests UN help as total quake deaths surpass 35,000

The rescue phase following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6 is "coming to a close" with urgency now switching to providing shelter and food to survivors, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said during a visit to Aleppo on Monday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asked for international…

France 24

Earthquake Death Toll Across Turkey-Syria Crosses 34,000

The death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and northwestern Syria has gone past 34,000 as rescue efforts continue. Read further on Dynamite News.

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The Independent UK

Haley faces 'high-wire act' in 2024 bid against Trump

Few have navigated the turbulent politics of the Trump era like Nikki Haley

The Guardian - AU

Syria earthquake aid held up as millions suffer in freezing conditions

One week on from deadly earthquakes vital aid is being held up by disputes between government and rebel groups, as well as wider diplomatic quarrels

Daily Mirror

Terrifying huge chasm appears in Earth’s crust sparked by giant Turkey earthquakes

Despite the devastation, rescuers continue to have some success in their desperate search for survivors - on Saturday a two-year-old boy was found alive after being buried in the rubble for 133 hours

The Guardian - AU

Dictator Hun Sen shuts down Cambodia’s VOD broadcaster

Voice of Democracy, one of few remaining independent media outlets, offended prime minister with mention of his son

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U.S. urges U.N. vote to approve more aid access to Syria via Turkey

The United States on Sunday called for the United Nations Security Council to "vote immediately" to authorize the delivery of U.N. aid to rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey after last week's deadly earthquake.

Bangkok Post

The way we learn must evolve

Environmental education is one of the key factors to meet Sustainable Development Goals under the United Nations' SDG 4, Education for All mission.

Evening Standard

Girl, 6, rescued from earthquake rubble after 178 hours trapped underground as death toll climbs to 35,000

The death toll stands at over 35,000 but survivors are still being found

Chicago Sun-Times

Earthquake deaths pass 33,000; Turkey probes contractors

As despair bred rage at agonizingly slow rescues, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said 131 people were being investigated in connection with the construction of buildings that failed to withstand the quakes.

The Conversation

Orientalism: Edward Said's groundbreaking book explained

Whether you’re conscious of it or not, you likely have a vivid mental image of what the Middle East looks and sounds like. You might envision a sparse landscape, the air warped by heat and yellowed with flurries of sand. You might hear the plucking of an oud, or a…

The Guardian - UK

Nikos Christodoulides elected Cyprus’s president with 52% of vote

Former foreign minister, who ran as independent, was backed by groups hostile to talks on island’s reunification

The Guardian - UK

‘What shall we do?’ Millions displaced in Turkey and Syria after earthquake

A week on, hundreds of thousands of people are sleeping out in the open, often in sub-zero cold

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