February 12, 2023

The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organisation has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north. […]

Russian attacks have destroyed around 40 percent of the energy infrastructure in Ukraine, and civilians worry as winter approaches. Russia’s war on Ukraine is increasingly looking like a war on infrastructure. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were left in the dark after a Russian missile strike hit critical energy facilities in Kyiv that