Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she be trapped under the rubble again? "That fear is always with you," said ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Badly-needed funds are on the way to repair a deteriorating, historic Shreveport church. Antioch Baptist Church was organized in 1866 by 73 formerly enslaved people. The church ...

Once a home to a myriad of civilisations, the southern city of Antakya lies in ruins after last Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake. Fourteen centuries of history were ravaged in less than two minutes in ...