More than half of the 60 migrants who died after their boat sank off Turkey’s west coast on Thursday were children, a district official told Reuters.
Syria’s refugee exodus is growing and up to 200 000 people could settle in Turkey alone if the conflict worsens, adding pressure for a buffer zone.
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/ 7 December 2011
Following a breakdown in ties and rising violence in Syria, Turkey has decided to begin bypassing trade routes through the country.
Turkey has told Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to step down for the sake of his people, tightening regional pressure on Damascus.
Rescuers pulled a two-week-old baby girl alive from the arms of her mother buried under a collapsed building as the search continued for survivors.
Over 260 people are dead with the casualty count set to rise after a quake brought ruin to parts of Turkey, destroying homes and injuring thousands.
The Taliban declared the start of a spring offensive across Afghanistan on Saturday, warning they would target foreign troops.
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/ 13 December 2010
A group of about 100 Afghan members of Parliament demanded on Monday that President Hamid Karzai inaugurate the assembly by December 19.
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/ 18 September 2010
Afghans voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday despite Taliban attacks that killed at least 10 people.
More Nato troops will die in Afghanistan this year, a US officer said, as a report emerged implicating Pakistan for collaborating with the insurgency.