BANGKOK, Feb 10 — Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has acknowledged the importance of political will to resolve the conflict in Southern Thailand.

ANKARA, Feb 10 — Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines said on Friday that it will evacuate around 27,000 people from the areas most affected by the devastating earthquakes in the southeast of the country, reported Sputnik.

BANGKOK, Feb 10 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the government has not decided on whether to legalise the use of cannabis for medical purposes in the country.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 — The World Bank has announced US$1.7 billion in new assistance for Turkiye to help the country recover from the recent devastating earthquakes and aftershocks, according to a statement released on Thursday.

ANTAKYA, Turkiye/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 10 — Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkiye and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.

NEW YORK, Feb 10 — The US dollar weakened in late trading on Thursday after data showed a rise in US jobless claims last week, Xinhua reported.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 10 — The Boeing Company on Thursday announced a donation of US$500,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist those impacted by the recent earthquake in Turkiye.

ANTAKYA/JANDARIS, Feb 9 — Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Thursday, while hopes faded of many more people being found alive amid the ruins of cities.

BANGKOK, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia will not condone violence to resolve any conflict in southern Thailand.

ROME, Feb 9 — The energy released by twin earthquakes that hit the 10 southern provinces of Türkiye was 130 times stronger than the one that occurred in Italy in 2016, a prominent Italian scientist said.

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 — As the situation in the republic has remained steady over the past few months, Singapore will leave the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, said its Multi-Ministry Taskforce (MTF).

ANKARA, Feb 9 — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that it was impossible to get prepared for a calamity like the earthquakes that struck the country on Monday (February 6) and left more than 9,000 people dead, but he vowed to exert utmost efforts to save citizens' lives.

BORACAY, Feb 9 — Many Asean dialogue partners are interested to support Malaysia’s nationwide rollout of 5G technology, said Ministry of Communications and Digital secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Mentek.

ISTANBUL (Turkiye), Feb 9 — The second Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART), deployed to Turkiye, safely arrived at Istanbul Airport here at 11 this morning (6am Istanbul time).

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the devastating earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria this week was "one of the worst" in the region.

BANGKOK, Feb 9 — A Thai woman has died in the deadly earthquake which jolted southern Türkiye on Monday.

DAMASCUS, Feb 9 — The UN Resident Coordinator in Syria, Mostafa Benlamlih said the sanctions imposed on Syria hinder the humanitarian work in it, indicating that the situation now is very difficult and the humanitarian issue in it must not be politicised.

Reuters, Feb 9 — Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Wednesday its homepage was back up, after saying earlier that it was down for some users.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — “Currently, even the slightest earth movement scares me.

AMSTERDAM, Feb 8 — Russian President Vladimir Putin played an active role in the shooting down of passenger plane MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014, according to international investigators.