The United Nations has said that tens of thousands of civilians have fled the self-declared Republic of Somaliland and crossed the border into neighbouring Ethiopia following fighting between regional government forces and local militias. The number of people who have left Somaliland’s Las Anod district and arrived in Ethiopia’s Doole area in the past month could be as high as …

For the first time, a South Korean Court has recognized the legal rights of same-sex couples in the country. The case was brought by a gay couple,  Seong-wook and Kim Yong-min who sued South Korea’s National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in 2021 because it had terminated benefits for his partner, Kim, whom he had registered as a dependent, after the …

On Monday, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing three people and causing renewed concern following a February 6 tremor that killed almost 45,000 people in both countries. Six people were killed in an earthquake which struck the border region of Turkey and Syria, CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, two weeks after a larger quake killed …

At least 800 Nigerians have been arrested and detained by the Saudi Arabian government for issues bordering on illegal migration. In a statement on Friday, spokesperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Gabriel Odu said the Saudi Arabian government intensified a clampdown on irregular migrants last October. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has about 800 Nigerians arrested and detained for …

Footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the rubble of his home almost two weeks after the Turkey earthquake, his agent has confirmed. Atsu, 31, played for Chelsea and Newcastle in the English Premier League. The Ghana international had not been seen since the quake that caused the collapse of the apartment in the city of Hatay in which …

The earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week killed at least 41,218 people and injured tens of thousands more. Seven more people have been rescued eight days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, but hopes of finding further survivors of what the World Health Organization called the worst natural disaster in 100 years in its 53-country Europe region are …

Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Turkey and Syria, leaving more than 28,000 dead. Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through flattened neighborhoods despite freezing weather that has compounded the misery of millions now in desperate need of aid. In …

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake four days ago. Rescuers scoured debris in a desperate search for survivors on Friday four days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing over 23,000 …

A woman was pulled out alive after being trapped in the rubble of a building that collapsed 52 hours earlier due to a devastating earthquake in southeast Turkey. Pictures from broadcaster NTV on Wednesday showed emergency services in the province of Kahramanmaraş, near the border with Syria, carrying the woman on a stretcher to the ambulance. The 58-year-old was reportedly …

Ghana’s Black Stars player Christian Atsu has been rescued alive from the debris of a major earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people in Turkey where he plays his club football and neighbouring Syria. He is said to have suffered injuries to his right foot & having breathing difficulties. He was reportedly on the ninth floor of the building …