Fears of another major earthquake have been rekindled in Istanbul since the February 6 disaster that hit Turkey and Syria, but a prominent Turkish seismologist has reassured the risk "hasn't increased"."The risk hasn't increased because we are talkin...

By AFPA strong explosion was heard Sunday in a busy area in the heart of Istanbul, Turkish media reported, saying that several people had been injured.The explosion, the cause of which was unknown, occurred shortly after 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) in the fam...