114340 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.dw.com/en/afghan-earthquake-response-exposes-talibans-inability/a-67161995A series of earthquakes have devastated western Herat province in Afghanistan , resulting in the reported death of approximately 2,400 people, according to figures provided by the country's Taliban government . However, the UN has estimated the death toll to be around 1,384.2023-10-20T17:42+0200deutschewelle-en-d597cf8ebca9685e4b4a74e6000cc7a220231020174200https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/2675847-magnitude-49-earthquake-in-southern-iran-injures-7--state-mediaMagnitude 4.9 earthquake in southern Iran injures 7 -state media Representative Image Image Credit: ANI Country: Iran Islamic Rep SHARE; A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck southern Iran on Friday, injuring at least seven people, state media reported. There was minor damage in the quake, at a depth of 10 km (6.2023-10-20T09:07+0200devdiscourse-c3513a9d18315034f74d6a37c8b35b2420231020090700https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-185618The Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the United Nations, and the Chargé d'Affaires of the Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, criticized the restrictions against women in Afghanistan. Speaking at the Third Committee, 78th UNGA session, the representative of Türkiye,....2023-10-19T19:41+0200tolonews-dd0dfcae6b8b98f6655f1f583ba05bbf20231019194100https://dailytimes.com.pk/1141062/pakistan-calls-out-israel-for-committing-genocide/Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Sunday called out Israel for committing genocide against the people of Palestine as atrocities in Gaza continue to rage on. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he described the current situation as a consequence of “seven decades of illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories”.2023-10-19T07:49+0200dailytimesPK-49860cbc468b5e115cec1f341c326d8920231019074900