Dushanbe

Death Toll from South Asia Earthquake Surpases 270 People

The death toll from the powerful earthquake, which hit South Asia on Monday, has reached nearly 300 people.

At least 275 people are known to have died and up to 2000 were injured in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 200 kilometres and was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, hitting northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India.

Turkish Foreign Ministry undergoes major reshuffle

A major reshuffle of some 40 ambassadors has gone into effect, with Öztürk Y?lmaz, the former Turkish consul general to Mosul who was taken hostage last year along with 48 others by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants for 101 days, appointed as ambassador to Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe.

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