Asia

At least 1,498 people have died in Turkey, according to a report sent at 3:30 p.m. 2,834 collapsed buildings have been counted. The quake was felt across the Middle East, including Syria. At least 810 people died in the collapse of numerous buildings in the country, according to the authorities …

Qatar, a Gulf country with a Muslim majority, reaffirmed this Thursday evening the prohibition by religion to consume insects, after the addition in early January by the European Union to its list of authorized foods of new products containing them. The insect-based products do not meet “the requirements of the …

Forty-nine students between seven and fourteen years died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, reports said. “The water of the dam was freezing due to cold weather that impeded the rescue mission” said Khateer Ahmad, a senior official with Rescue 1122. “The bodies of a teacher and one …

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Monday accused the United States of “triggering the crisis in Ukraine” and “being the main factor fueling it” by supplying heavy weapons in Kyiv, Bloomberg reported. On January 24, the American administration had accused Chinese public companies of assisting Russia militarily and economically, …

33 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to former tribal areas that border Afghanistan. A frantic rescue mission was underway at the mosque, which had an entire wall and some of its roof blown out by the …

A Chinese engineer, Ji Chaoqun, was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison in the United States for having provided Beijing with information on the profiles of American experts with the aim of recruiting them. He was arrested in September 2018 for having provided services with information on the …

North Korea has ordered a five-day confinement in its capital Pyongyang due to a “respiratory illness”, reported a South Korean specialized site. The move appears to be the first citywide measure taken since the country declared victory over Covid-19 in August 2022. Residents of Pyongyang have been ordered to stay …

A 61-year-old butcher was killed by a pig while attempting to slaughter it at the Sheung Shui slaughterhouse in Hong Kong, according to reports. “The butcher was about to kill the pig which he had already shot with an electric stun gun when it regained consciousness and knocked him over,” …

Seiji Kihara, a close friend of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has apologized after being filmed with his hands in his trouser pockets on January 13 during a trip to the United States, reports the Guardian. The attitude of the deputy had triggered strong criticism on Japanese social networks but …

Devanshi Sanghvi, heiress of the jewelry business Sanghvi and Sons in the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat, west) has decided to give up her fortune to become a nun in a strict religious order of the Jain faith. Renouncing a fortune of millions of dollars in diamonds, the eight-year-old Indian …