Posts Tagged ‘quake’

UN Humanitarian head praised Iran for rescue attempts after quake

IRNA – UN Humanitarian chief visited quake-stricken parts in western Iran and praised “the Government’s efforts to save the lives’, according to UNIC-Tehran press release. The Full-text of the press release follows: United Nations Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Mark Lowcock on Wednesday concluded a two-day visit to the Islamic […]

Legendary singer holds benefit concert for Iran quake-hit people

The concert was held at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry in Tehran on Monday and all the money raised by the concert was dedicated to the victims of the Kermanshah province earthquake. An interesting feature of the concert was the presence of renowned Iranian cartoonist, Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour, who was drawing on the corner […]

Surgeon-cum-referee skips match to help quake victims

IFP- A top Iranian football referee, who is also an orthopedic surgeon, has missed a match he was supposed to judge to help victims of the recent earthquake. Orthopedist Bijan Heidari reminds us, more than anything, of the 85th derby in Tehran. Last Wednesday, he should have been in the southern Iranian city of Abadan […]

Work on temporary housing for quake-hit people to start soon: IRGC Commander

Tasnim– Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said temporary accommodations are slated to be provided for thousands of quake-stricken people in western Iran soon. Major General Jafari visited the affected areas in the western province of Kermanshah on Sunday to assess the process of the IRGC’s relief operations in the […]

Relief operations underway a week after devastating Iran quake

Volunteers and Iranian medical and rescue teams have raced to Kermanshah to treat the injured and help retrieve bodies and save those possibly trapped by toppled buildings after a devastating earthquake struck the northern border region between Iran and Iraq. On Sunday, the 7th day after the quake, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has personally […]

Cuban president sympathizes Iran over quake victims

IRNA – Cuban president offered his condolences in a message to President Hassan Rouhani over the loss in the Sunday quake in west of Iran. Raúl Castro expressed his sorrow and offered condolences to the Iranian government, people and the bereaved of the earthquake. The President of the National Assembly of People’s Power, Cuban Parliament, […]

Trauma therapists in Iran’s quake-hit areas

IRNA – Four teams of psychoterapists have settled in Kermanshah hospitals to help earthquake trauma victims in western Iran, a health official said. In the days following an earthquake, people need mental health aids besides accommodation, food and cloths, Head of Ministry of Health and Medical Education department for mental health Aki Asadi told Islamic […]

Nat’l campaign in Iran for providing relief aid to quake victims

While the temperature drops to zero degrees at midnight in Sarpol Zahab, the city hit hardest by Sunday’s quake, many people still have to spend the night outdoors due to a shortage of tents. Rescue and relief teams are still working in the quake-hit areas after four days. Around 480 people have died and 10,000 […]

Round the clock works underway to help quake-hit people in western Iran

November 15, The Iran Project – Iranian aid institutions and relief workers have been working round the clock to render services to the injured and provide the survivors with their basic needs in Iran’s western regions that were hit by a deadly earthquake on Sunday night (Nov 12). Latest reports on the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit […]

British Foreign Secretary extends condolences over deadly quake in Iran

IRNA – British Foreign Secretary voiced condolences over the deadly earthquake in western Iran which resulted in killing of hundreds of people and injuring thousands of others. ‘Deepest condolences with the people of Iran and Iraq following last night’s deadly earthquake. The UK stands ready to help the victims and the recovery effort,’ Boris Johnson […]

6.2 magnitude quake felt in Mexico City, citizens evacuate onto streets (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Initial reports from the Mexican Seismological authority said the quake struck at 07:53 am local time at a depth of 10 kilometers with an epicenter approximately 12 km north of the City of Ixtepec. This is around 530km south of Mexico City. Back to the streets: Magnitude 6.4 earthquake with epicenter near Ciudad Ixtepec on […]

‘It was all horrific’: Apocalyptic scenes from fatal Mexico quake (VIDEOS)

WATCH MORE: ‘Strongest in 100yrs’: Mexico quake kills at least 61, many homes destroyed Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said the quake was “the largest registered in our country in at least the past 100 years.” He said in a televised address Friday night that at least 45 people were killed in Oaxaca, 12 in Chiapas, […]

‘Strongest in 100yrs’: Mexico quake death toll rises to 32 as state of emergency declared

READ MORE: 8.2 quake triggers tsunami waves off southwest Mexico coast (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) Twenty-three of the confirmed fatalities were in the state of Oaxaca, according to its governor. Seventeen of those deaths occurred in the town of Juchitan.  Seven people were killed in the state of Chiapas, where a state of emergency has been declared, according to a […]

Mild quake jolts Sawland in Khuzestan province

IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted Sawland area in Dezful city, Khuzestan Province, on Saturday afternoon. According to the report of seismography center affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 13:24:27 hours local time (09:54 hours GMT) and its epicenter was at 32.49 degrees longitude and 49.01 […]

6.8 quake off Philippines triggers tsunami warning

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that tsunami waves could reach 300km from the epicenter of the earthquake, which was recorded at 6.8 on the Richter scale. Waves reaching up to 1 meter above normal tide levels are possible in the Philippines, while some coastlines in Indonesia, Malaysia and Palau could expect waves up to […]

Mayor of Italy quake-leveled town asks ‘disaster tourists’ to stop taking selfies

Sergio Pirozzi told RT he decided to turn to the media after an incident last Monday, when he found some tourists taking pictures of themselves at the ruins. Drone video of snow covered Italian town shows devastating effects of quake months later (VIDEO) “I stopped my car and asked these people what they were doing. […]

Power failure disrupts Brussels Airport departure area (PHOTOS)

Power failure in several airport areas. We’re working hard on solving this asap. Sorry for the inconvenience, we’ll keep you posted. — Brussels Airport (@BrusselsAirport) June 10, 2016 Update: we’ve detected the cause of the power failure & are now fixing this. It may take some time before all systems are up and running. — […]

Dagger buried with King Tutankhamun made from iron meteorite

     King Tut continues to astound the archaeological community, as new research shows that the ancient Egyptian child pharaoh was buried with a dagger that originated in outer space. The iron blade placed in his sarcophagus next to the right thigh of his mummified body was manufactured from a meteorite, according to researchers from Milan […]

‘Coup against parliament:’ Politicians and analysts slam lifting of Turkish MPs’ immunity

The Turkish parliament’s decision to take away lawmakers’ immunity from prosecution “is a coup staged against the parliament itself,” Alp Altınors, deputy chairman of the opposition pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), told RT, adding that the move violates democratic norms. “This is a planned expulsion of HDP from the parliament, because HDP is the most […]

How a FOIA Request into Hillary Clinton’s Emails Revealed a Criminal Investigation

Last weekend, Hillary Clinton dispatched her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to offer a defense of her alleged espionage. The espionage allegations against her are that in order to escape public and Obama administration scrutiny, she had all of her emails as secretary of state diverted from a secure government server to a non-secure […]

Culture-bound syndromes: Diseases you only get if you believe in them

     An exploration of syndromes that are unique to particular cultures. You can’t get your genitals stolen in America. At least, not while they’re attached to your body. But people can in Nigeria, Benin, China, Singapore, and Hong Kong. In all of these places, there have been cases of koro (also called suo yang in […]

One massive storm, extreme weather in the U.S.

One massive storm system. Several different extreme weather results.      A massive low-pressure center swirls over Denver. The effects of the giant comma-shaped storm stretch from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Welcome light rains in Minnesota. Record April heat in Seattle. Prolific snow totals in Colorado’s high country. Torrential downpours and flash floods along […]

‘EU must militarize chaotic immigration, identify states behind Middle East crisis’ – Zizek to RT

Žižek, who is known for frankly expressing his views on acute social subjects, is an author, a professor at the European Graduate School, a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana’s Institute of Sociology, and the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London’s Birkbeck College. In an exclusive […]

Snapchat Under Fire For Bob Marley ‘Digital Blackface’

‘Snapchat has caused outrage among Bob Marley fans. The messaging app introduced a new feature on “National Weed Day” by allowing users to create an instant “Digital Blackface” of themselves to resemble reggae legend Bob Marley who was an avid weed smoker till his untimely death at the age of 36 from cancer. The Jamaican […]

Fluoride Now Linked to Neurotoxicity Pandemic and Development of the A-Bomb

Christina Sarich, StaffWaking Times  Researchers have named fluoride as one of the key causes of a “pandemic of developmental neurotoxicity” in a peer-reviewed paper. This adds to its nefarious history by linking the widely used chemical to the manufacture of the ‘A’ bomb – yet your government is likely still adding […]

Has Lady Gaga Really Experienced An Awakening? Nope

Steven Bancarz, Exposing the New AgeWaking Times Lady Gaga has recently taken a step back from the music industry, and gave rant about the music industry that is causing a huge ripple within the truth movement.  Some people say she has “woke up” and some say she has “exposed the darkness” […]

‘Many danced after attacks’: Muslim integration failure caused ‘cancer’ – Belgian Interior Minister

In an interview with a Belgian newspaper, Jan Jambon said that he regretted that a “significant” proportion of the Muslim community had been “dancing” in the streets following the attacks on March 22 in which 32 innocent victims and three suicide bombers were killed, and over 300 people injured. Belgium providing most ISIS recruits per […]

‘Considerable damage’ in Ecuador following deadly 7.8 quake

The mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, who is now in Spain, has called on residents to remain calm and to follow advice from the emergencies authorities, El Universo reports. He also reported that he is taking the necessary steps to return to Guayaquil as soon as possible, but in the meantime promised to coordinate relief […]

Teargas, pepper spray v projectiles: Youth protests engulf French capital (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Place de la Bataille near Stalingrad Metro station has seen youngsters clashing with police for several hours, RT’s Harry Fear reports from the scene. He says several hundred high school students charged at the police line, but were driven away by officers. READ MORE: ‘Still no fear’: Tear gas, firecrackers & stones at anti-labor reform rally […]

How will EU move refugees to Turkey without the use of force?

     It is still unclear whether Greek authorities will be able to deport migrants without using force, according to Thanos Dokos, Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy. In an interview with Sputnik, Thanos Dokos, Director General of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, said that Greece could get […]

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