Topic: Turkey

At least 1,014 deaths were reported in Turkey, while 582 people died in Syria as a magnitude 7.5 earthquake follows devastating 7.8 earthquake in southeast Turkey, also causing damage in northern Syria.

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, killing about 500 people and injuring hundreds as buildings collapsed across the region, triggering searches for survivors in the rubble.

An “unprecedented agreement” on the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea amid the ongoing war is “a beacon of hope” in a world that desperately needs it, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the signing ceremony in Istanbul, Türkiye, on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are in Tehran for talks with their Iranian hosts, including supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the country’s president, Ebrahim Raissi.

The United Nations says it does not have search and rescue capabilities in Afghanistan and Turkey is “best positioned” to provide it.

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