ANOTHER powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Turkey-Syria border 

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region today, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

Today's report came hours after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Turkey that Washington would help 'for as long as it takes' after three devastating, deadly earthquakes in the same region two weeks ago.

Yesterday, the mayor of Hatay in Turkey declared more than 21,000 people were confirmed dead in the southeastern province amid the brutal quakes two weeks ago - accounting for almost half the overall death toll of 46,000 people.

Lutfu Savas told local broadcaster HaberTurk that an additional 24,000 people had been injured, with makeshift medical facilities completely overwhelmed.

'At least 80 per cent of the buildings must be demolished in Antakya,' Savas said. Antakya is the capital of Hatay and the site of the ancient city of Antioch.

The number of confirmed deaths in Turkey due to the earthquake rose to 40,689, Yunus Sezer, head of the country's disaster agency AFAD, said. Roughly six thousand more people lost their lives across the border in Syria.

Sezer told journalists in Turkey's capital Ankara that search and rescue work...
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