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Emergency workers emergency workers work through the burnt-out wreckage as others treat wounded survivors by the roadside in Muradiye in Van province, which borders Iran, on July 11. — AP ANKARA: A bus carrying Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants crashed in eastern Turkey early on Sun­day, killing at least 12 people and injuring 26 others, local authorities said. The crash occurred in Van province’s Muradiye district near the Turkish border with Iran, where the vehicle caught fire after tumbling into a ditch, two local sources with information on the matter told Reuters. The ident...

12 killed as bus carrying migrants overturns in east Turkey July 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ISTANBUL (AP) — A minibus carrying migrants overturned and caught fire in eastern Turkey, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Sunday. The vehicle tumbled into a ditch while traveling overnight near Yumakli in Van province, which borders Iran. Television broadcasts showed groaning survivors being treated by the roadside as emergency workers sifted through the burnt-out wreckage. Migrants, mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, regularly cross th...

ESTAMBUL, Turquía — ESTAMBUL, Turquía (AP) — Doce personas murieron y 20 resultaron heridas después de que un minibús que llevaba migrantes volcara y se incendiara en el este de Turquía, según dijo el domingo la agencia estatal de noticias Anadolu. El vehículo cayó a una zanja cuando circulaba de noche cerca de Yumakli, en la provincia de Van, que hace frontera con Irán. Imágenes emitidas en televisión mostraban a sobrevivientes que se lamentaban mientras eran atendidos a un lado de la carretera, y trabajadores de emergencia buscando entre los restos calcinados. Es habitual qu...

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BY DAVID ARAKELYAN Mkrtich Khirmian stands as a giant among the religious leaders of the Armenian nation.  His name is inseparable from our people’s struggle for national liberation. Khrimian was called Hayrik (diminutive for ‘Father’) by the Armenians, who saw in him a devoted shepherd who could guide his flock through the difficult terrain of Ottoman and Russian politics during the late 19th to early 20th centuries. It was a decisive period in our people’s history, which saw increased oppression suffered by the Armenian population in these two empires and the emergence of an armed ...