"It was extremely horrific and terrifying," said Alaa Nafi, a resident of Idlib city in Syria, while describing the earthquake as "extremely horrific and terrifying".

A major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck central Turkey and northwest Syria today. More than 500 people were killed and hundreds injured as buildings collapsed across the region. Here are some photos of the major earthquake, which hit in the early darkness of a winter morning.

There is no damage to the Kerkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, which carries oil from Iraq to Turkey, or the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which carries oil across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, an energy official told Reuters news agency.

Some of the world's most deadly earthquakes in the past two decades are listed below, after a 7.8 magnitude quake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday and killed hundreds of people.

The European Union is sending rescue teams and preparing further help for Turkey after a major earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, the bloc's crisis management commissioner said Monday.

The healthcare system in Syria is "overwhelmed" by the number of people in need of medical attention, especially as some hospitals have been damaged by the quake, Mazen Kiwara, Middle East regional director for the Syrian American Medical Society, told Al Jazeera.

Aftershocks following an earthquake as large as the one in Turkey that killed at least 500 people in Turkey and Syria, can continue for "several days, several weeks, maybe even several months."

Multi-storey apartment buildings full of residents were among the 5,606 structures reduced to rubble in Turkey, while Syria announced dozens of collapses, as well as damage to archaeological sites in Aleppo.

The High Court yesterday rebuked the Department of Environment for its inaction in curbing Dhaka’s air pollution despite repeated directives.

Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley today said energy storage is a key instrument to reach Bangladesh's ambitious "decarbonisation" goals to ensure a reliable and uninterrupted power supply for all.

The High Court today rebuked and expressed severe annoyance at the Department of Environment for not taking any effective steps to curb air pollution in Dhaka despite repeated directives.

Electricity will be purchased from India's Adani Godda Power Plant as per the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.

The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) is all set to get €140.5 million from German Development Bank Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) -- €41 million for energy efficiency and €99.5 million for renewable energy projects.

During the months of winter, our capital repeatedly makes it on the list of world cities with the most polluted air.

Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country till tomorrow morning.

The start of power supply from the embattled Adani Group's thermal power station in Jharkhand's Godda district, from where electricity is supposed to be transmitted to Bangladesh, may be delayed, Indian media reported today.

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 239 at 08:55am today..The air was classified as 'very unhealthy'.

Three tigers were seen around the premises of Chandeshwar Forest Office under Supati Station in Sarankhola range of Sundarban East Forest Division between yesterday and today, forcing the forest guards at the station to stay indoors..Five forest guards stationed at the office to stay insid

Bangladesh would hardly have needed to go for a sudden hike in fuel prices last year had the government waived value added tax (VAT) on petroleum, Eminent Economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.

Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur at places elsewhere in the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning.