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New earthquake rocks southern Turkey

WORLD, Feb. 20 (YPA) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border late on Monday. The tremors were felt by the residents of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and the Antakya region in southern Turkey an hour ago. The…

Bashar al-Assad visits Oman

WORLD, Feb. 20 (YPA) - Syrian President Bashar Al Assad arrived in Muscat for a working visit to Oman on Monday. President al-Assad and Sultan Haitham bin Tareq held talks at Al Baraka Al-Amer Palace in Muscat in the presence of the two…

US President makes surprise visit to Ukraine

KIEF, Feb. 20 (YPA) - US President Joe Biden arrived on Monday in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on a surprise and unannounced visit, the first of its kind since he assumed the presidency and since the start of the war in Ukraine. Biden's…

Russia accuses Ukraine of planning nuclear attack

SANAA, Feb. 20 (YPA) - Russia accused on Sunday Kiev of intending to launch a nuclear attack on the Ukrainian territory, and to hold Moscow responsible. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that radioactive materials had been…

36 killed by floods in Brazil

WORLD, Feb. 20 (YPA) - At least 36 people have been killed after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in Brazil, authorities said. "Unfortunately, we are going to have many more deaths," the state civil defense chief, Henguel Pereira,…