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One in three prisoners in Europe suffer from mental health disorders, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report launched on Tuesday.

Rescuers saved a 10-year-old girl child, a 13-year-old boy, and at least two women from the rubble in Gaziantep and Hatay in Turkey, 183 hours after a devastating earthquake shook the region.

Responding to the visit by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to the only humanitarian border crossing into Northwest Syria at Bab-al-Hawa, the head...

Rescuers in Turkey pulled more survivors from under the rubble nearly a week after two massive earthquakes struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 33,000.

Sayan Dey, University of the Witwatersrand The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in...

The body of an Indian businessman identified as Vijay Kumar who had gone missing following the earthquakes in Turkey has been found from under the debris of a hotel in Malatya town, the Indian Embassy said on Saturday.

Massive rescue operations continue in Turkey and Syria as the death toll soared to 24,000 from Monday's devastating earthquakes

At least 870,000 people urgently needed food in the two countries after the quake, which has made up to 5.3 million people homeless in Syria alone, the United Nations warned.

Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed grave concern over the deaths early last month of two young Black men in the United States, at the hands of police officers.

Jenny Jenkins, Durham University An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkiye, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused...

UN chief Antonio Guterres is calling on the international community to provide more money for Turkey and Syria and widen access for aid to reach the earthquake-stricken parts of Syria.

Now is the time to stand up for the people of Türkiye and Syria living in the region of the deadly earthquake disaster, said the UN chief on Thursday, and show them “the same kind of support and generosity” which they have displayed in recent years, aiding millions of refugees and displaced people fleeing conflict.