Canada moves to make immigration easier for Syrians, Turkish citizens

Canada on Saturday moved to ease immigration for Turkish and Syrian citizens already in the country, a month after an earthquake killed more than 50,000 people in the two countries.

China calls for lifting sanctions on Syria after the earthquake that hit the country

China calls on the US to completely lift sanctions on Syria, which caused a humanitarian disaster after the earthquake that hit the country, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a briefing on Monday.

This is something monstrous, West ignores thousands of people killed in earthquake in Syria

The collective West has displayed an inhuman politicized approach by ignoring thousands of victims and terrible destruction in earthquake-stricken Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.

Outrage over Charlie Hebdo’s Turkey-Syria earthquake cartoon

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage on social media after it published a cartoon appearing to make light of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria.

No Foreign Relief Supplies Received in Iran’s Quake-Hit Province Yet: Official

The director general of Iran’s Ashrafi Esfahani International Airport said quake-stricken people in the western province of Kermanshah have received no relief aid from foreign countries yet, as rescue operations entered their fifth day on Friday.

Nepal begins reconstruction of heritage sites a year after earthquake

A year after a devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake, the Nepalese government has initiated reconstruction of damaged cultural heritages on Monday.

Les femmes Kalash vivent dévoilées et portent des robes flamboyantes, ce qui énerve les musulmans intégristes du Pakistan

Chez les Kalash, minuscule minorité animiste dans le nord-ouest du Pakistan, les femmes sont dévoilées et leurs robes flamboyantes - au grand dam de musulmans conservateurs qui les accusent d'avoir déclenché une colère divine à l'origine, selon eux, du séisme qui a anéanti des villages entiers en octobre.

Quake-hit Nepal reopens heritage sites in bid to bring back tourists

Nepal has reopened most of the heritage sites that were damaged in a pair of strong earthquakes that devastated parts of the country recently, hoping to bring back foreign tourists.