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Turkey Quake Death Toll Surpasses 52,000
GAZIANTEP, Turkey — As of Monday, one month has passed since the massive earthquake that devastated ...
March 6, 2023
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‘Pancake Collapses’ Occurred in Turkey-Syria Earthquake
A seismic engineering expert who examined photos of buildings devastated by the recent earthquake t...
February 16, 2023
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Turkey Quake Death Toll Worsened by Shoddy Construction in ‘Man-Made Disaster’
ANTAKYA, Turkey — The severe damage caused by the earthquake that hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6 is i...
February 16, 2023
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Turkey Quake Dwarfs 1995 Hanshin Tremor in Released Energy
The amount of energy released by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northw...
February 14, 2023
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Japanese Rescue Workers Join Search for Survivors in Quake-hit Turkey
KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey — A Japanese disaster relief team has joined search and rescue operations in K...
February 10, 2023
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Ukraine, Russia Among 70 Nations Aiding Turkey After Quake
CAIRO — The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck southern Turkey on Monday ...
February 8, 2023
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Rescuers scramble in Turkey, Syria after quake kills 3,400
ADANA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into...
February 7, 2023
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Lessons from Holocaust for a Time of Conflict
Jan. 27 marked the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau near the...
January 28, 2023
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Foreign Minister Hayashi: Japan to cooperate more with Latin America for stronger supply chains
BRASILIA — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed Monday Tokyo’s intention to strengthen relat...
January 11, 2023
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Japan’s Hayashi Denounces Riots in Brazil
BRASILIA (Jiji Press) — Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Monday denounced vio...
January 10, 2023
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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022
One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabet...
December 27, 2022
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Kishida supports for African Union joining G20
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a meeting with visiting Senegalese President Ma...
December 19, 2022
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Bolsonaro supporters clash with police in Brazil’s capital
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police Monday, s...
December 13, 2022
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Descendants proudly fete youth who helped discover Tut’s tomb
LUXOR, Egypt — It was 100 years ago on Friday that the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankha...
November 7, 2022
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Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, in Tehran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi received a hero's welcom...
October 19, 2022
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