A border crossing between Armenia and Turkey opened for the first time in 35 years on Saturday, to allow humanitarian aid through after a massive earthquake hit the region, an official said.Five trucks with aid including food and water arrived in Turke…

Australia is sending emergency services personnel to earthquake-hit regions in Turkey. The group of 72 includes fire and rescue specialists, mostly from New South Wales state. Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and neighboring Syria has killed…

Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamieh, wrote on Twitter: “The first humanitarian aid plane to Syria landing at Rafic Hariri International Airport-Beirut today was Italian, carrying aid to the people in the areas of the earthquake…

Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week.The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from th…

Two German aid organizations suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkey on Saturday, citing security problems and reports of clashes between groups of people and gunfire.The German International Search and Rescue (ISAR) and Germany’s Federal Agenc…

Volunteers struggling to find ever fewer survivors in the quake-hit Turkish city of Antakya said Saturday that ransacking and hygiene problems were adding to their daunting task.One resident searching for a colleague buried in a collapsed building said…