Eleven days after the quake that killed more than 44,000 people in Türkiye and Syria, the situation in Syria's northwest remains dire due to slow arrival of aid to a region ravaged by years of conflict.
Over $10 million in crypto has been donated, as local and foreign companies pledge aid to victims of last week’s deadly quakes.
Sarigul Kacan sells cow for $690, Nazime Kilic sells bull she "raised with (her) own two hands" for $1,220, Sakine Tanrikulu and Gulper Tosun sell two calves, raising $960 each, for victims of last week's twin quakes.
President Erdogan announces 35,418 deaths in last week's earthquake, making it the country's worst disaster in a century.
Rescue crews pull more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as death toll from enormous quakes surpasses 28,000.
Messages of support for the quake victims of both countries have been pouring in from around the world of sport as death toll climbs and aid flows into affected regions.
As aid continues to pour into the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC, volunteers and Turkish officials express gratitude for public generosity.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said rapid approval from the global lender was expected as Sri Lanka marked its 75th independence anniversary as a bankrupt nation.
The UN resolution allowing for aid deliveries is due to expire in January. Over 4 million people depend on cross-border humanitarian operations.
The train is loaded with 554 tons of relief supplies and is expected to reach Pakistan's capital Islamabad in about two weeks.
Floods kill 18 more people in the South Asian nation, taking the death toll to 1,343.
The earthquake struck areas already suffering the effects of heavy rain, causing rockfalls and mudslides that wiped out hamlets perched precariously on mountain slopes.
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