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Gunmen storm hospital of newborn saved from quake in Syria
Gunmen entered the facility and beat up the director, apparently for firing an employee.
Rising toll makes quake deadliest in Turkey’s modern history
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that more than 35,000 people have died.
NZ MPs pay tribute as humanitarian crisis intensifies
New Zealand has so far contributed $4.5 million in aid to the disaster.
Earthquake survivors seek hot meals as rescues wane
Thousand left homeless after the earthquake line up in the streets for food.
Turkey probes contractors as quake deaths pass 33,000
Turkish justice officials are targeting contractors involved in shoddy construction.
Turkey arrests building contractors six days after quakes
Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some 130 people.
Turkey/Syria earthquake: Survivors still being found as death toll tops 28,000
Rescue crews pull more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings.
Turkey’s lax policing of building codes known before quake
Construction codes are rarely enforced, explaining why thousands of buildings crumbled.
‘No more Antakya’: Turks say the city, and a civilisation, was wiped out
New York Times: Thousands struggle to make sense of cataclysm that has upended lives.
Syrian orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives
The tragic predawn quake in Turkey has now claimed over 20,000 lives.
Local Syrian community heartbroken after quake, worried for families
Worried families in NZ fear for those they cannot contact after catastrophic quake.
Quake death toll passes 20,000 as survivors struggle to stay warm and fed
Grim toll has surpassed 2011 Fukushima quake and tsunami that killed more than 18,400.
Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000
More bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed homes in the stricken zone.
Millions suffer cold and grief after catastrophic quake, still awaiting help
New York Times: With thousands dead and many homeless, survivors plead for more aid.
Turkish holiday turns into helping earthquake survivors for Kiwi couple
Denise McCabe and her Turkish husband are helping after major quake.
Hope fading as quake deaths pass 11,000, window for survival closes
Race on as “statistically today is the day when we’re going to stop finding people".
Deadliest in decade: Turkey, Syria quake deaths pass 9,500
Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria.
Amid the quake’s frosty wreckage, a remarkable but bittersweet rescue
New York Times: A six-floor building was reduced to rubble. And yet, there was hope.
Fears grow for untold numbers buried by Turkey earthquake
Rescuers raced against time early this morning to pull survivors from the rubble.
Death toll in Turkey earthquake tops 7200, race to find survivors continues
Millions of people affected; state of emergency declared in 10 provinces.
Watch: Miracle baby born under rubble in quake-hit Syrian town
Crying infant recovered whose mother appears to have given birth while buried.
A glance at the world’s deadliest quakes in past 25 years
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people.
Who is helping? The massive aid effort underway after Turkey quake
Engineers, soldiers, paramedics, search dogs & handlers on way as world pitches in.
Northland-based Turk can't sleep thinking about the earthquake damage to homeland
Northland Turk fortunate his family is safe after powerful earthquake kills thousands.
Frantic searching for survivors in Turkey, Syria as quake death toll nears 5000
Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts.
More than 4000 dead: Rescuers scramble in Turkey, Syria after 7.8 quake
More than 5600 buildings were destroyed in Turkey alone.
Turkey earthquake: NZ commits $1.5m in humanitarian support as death toll climbs
About 3400 killed but number expected to rise.
What to know about the 7.8 quake that hit Turkey and Syria
Thousands have been killed after the powerful quake took Syria and Turkey unaware.
Explainer: Why Turkey and Syria's deadly quake was decades in the making
FT: Turkey is at the centre of one of the world’s most seismically active regions.
Watch: Powerful quake kills at least 640 people in Turkey, Syria
"We are under extreme pressure", a doctor says.
Israeli troops kill 10 Palestinians in West Bank violence - deadliest day in years
It's the deadliest day of violence in years, and Hamas is threatening revenge.
NZ-born Comancheros ‘Supreme Commander’ arrested in Turkey - police
Duax Ngakuru was said to be running a global drug empire.
Deadly game: European country on the brink of war
He’s trashed his country’s economy and locked up all opposition.