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Sweden's government will present a NATO accession bill to parliament in March, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, though the timing for membership still depends on both Turkey and Hungary backing the bid.

With so many killed suddenly in the quake, Turkey faces the challenge of burying tens of thousands of people. Multiple funerals are happening at once and the process of burying the dead is constant.

In this special edition of Middle East Matters, we focus on the aftermath of last week's deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Tens of thousands dead and millions in desperate need of basic food-stuffs, water, shelter and medical aid - frustration mounts over the response of Ankara and Damascus -…

Stirling’s MSP has urged local residents to support relief efforts in Turkey and Syria after last week’s devastating earthquakes left more than 37,000 dead and a further 95,000 injured. Evelyn Tweed is encouraging people to donate what the can to th

Ukraine appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations and Turkey to press Russia to immediately stop hindering Ukrainian grain shipments that supply millions of people and not to use the food as a weapon.

As we open our hearts and wallets to the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, let’s not forget about those who often go unmentioned: animals.

Thousands of families host survivors of the earthquake from Turkey’s southern provinces.

ANKARA: The death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria surpassed 40,000, as Turkey’s trading resumed following last week’s suspension due to the earthquakes.

A UN convoy of 11 trucks has entered rebel-held north-western Syria from Turkey via the newly opened Bab al-Salam crossing as the death toll from last week's earthquake reached almost 40,000. More than 50 other trucks with UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa.

Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi will head to Syria and Turkey on Wednesday in a "show of solidarity" after the quake that killed thousands of people in both countries, his ministry said.

In the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, international rescue teams are still searching for survivors, or trying to recover bodies, as worried families watch more than a week after the devastating earthquake killed nearly 40,000 people in Turkey and Syria.