ANKARA, Feb 19 — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Türkiye’s southern Kahramanmaras province on Saturday.

ISTANBUL, Feb 18 — Rescue teams in Turkiye recovered three people, including a child, alive from the debris of a collapsed apartment building where they spent 296 hours since last week's earthquakes, reported the German Press Agency (dpa).

PARIS, Feb 18 — Many people living in the European Union fail to exercise sufficiently, leading to more than 10,000 premature deaths annually, reported the German Press Agency (dpa), quoting the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Friday.

ADIYAMAN / ADANA (Turkiye), Feb 18 — Turkish courts on Friday remanded in custody several building contractors, as well as the owner and three managers of a collapsed hotel following last week’s two major earthquakes.

REUTERS, Feb 18 — Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, a son of Qatar’s former prime minister, on Friday launched a bid to buy Premier League football club Manchester United, whose American owners launched a formal sale process late last year.

SYDNEY, Feb 18 — New Zealand's death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle rose to nine on Saturday as clean-up continued on the nation's battered North Island and authorities worked to find missing people.

NEW YORK, Feb 17 — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is to vote on a resolution on Ukraine put forward by Kyiv and European Union representatives to mark a year since the Russian invasion, reported the German Press Agency (dpa).

ANKARA, Feb 17 — Turkiye's ruling Justice and Development Party is not discussing a postponement of the general election due to the earthquake, with the two date options on the table remaining unchanged, reported Sputnik, quoting Turkish newspaper Hurriyet on Friday.

BANGKOK, Feb 17 — Local Internet users spent less time on the Internet and social media, and made less purchases online as life returns to normal after the pandemic, according to the Digital 2023: Thailand study.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Luxembourg court bailiffs issued fresh seizure orders for two units of Malaysian state oil firm Petronas this week, following a bid by descendants of a former sultanate to enforce a US$15 billion (RM66.4 billion) award they had won against Malaysia, according to the heirs' lawyer and court documents seen by Reuters.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 — Under pressure from US federal safety regulators, Tesla on Thursday launched a recall to repair defects to the experimental “Full Self Driving” (FSD) software deployed on public roads.

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 — US President Joe Biden's physician released the results of his medical examination Thursday, saying Biden "remains fit for duty." In a memo, Dr. Kevin O’Connor also said that Biden "fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or...

MOSCOW, Feb 17 — A 17-year-old girl was pulled alive from under the rubble in southern Turkiye on Thursday — about 248 hours after devastating earthquakes collapsed thousands of homes and killed 36,187 people, reported Sputnik.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 16 — Actress Raquel Welch, who helped reshape the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol in an era when the movie industry was still overtly defining an idealized version of sensuality for mass consumption, died on Wednesday at the age of 82.

BENGALURU, Feb 16 — Thailand's economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as reduced exports and factory activity, together with tightening monetary conditions, curbed private consumption, a Reuters poll of economists found.

CHIANG MAI, Feb 15 — The global aviation industry saw a total of 3,580 new international air routes made available in 2022 despite the uncertainties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, said UK-based aviation consultancy ASM Global Route Development.

BANGKOK, Feb 15 — The Thai cabinet has decided to collect a fee between 150 (RM19.25) and 300 baht (RM38.45) per foreign tourist tentatively starting June 1, to help fund the development and maintenance of tourist attractions as well as for tourists’ insurance coverage.

GENEVA, Feb 15 — The impact of last week’s deadly earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria was discussed at the UN on Tuesday, reported Anadolu Agency.

Reuters, Feb 15 — Air New Zealand resumed services to all airports on Wednesday, including those in the heavily impacted regions of New Plymouth, Napier, and Gisborne, after Cyclone Gabrielle led to 821 flight cancellations and affected 49,000 customers.

ISKENDERUN, Turkiye, Feb 15 — Doctors in a Turkish field hospital in the southern city of Iskenderun said they are treating increasing numbers of patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks after last week's earthquake.