by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2013 | Opinion
The tragic aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan across the Philippines will occupy the world’s attention for some time, as it should. As these words are written, assistance of all kinds is flowing to the disaster-struck areas from all over the world. But as the bodies are...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 15, 2013 | World
Tacloban, Reuters—The death toll from one of the world’s most powerful typhoons surged to about 4,000 on Friday, but the aid effort was still so patchy bodies lay uncollected as rescuers tried to evacuate stricken communities across the central Philippines....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 14, 2013 | World
Tacloban, Associated Press—Workers in this typhoon-shattered city buried scores of unidentified bodies in a hillside mass burial Thursday as desperately needed aid began to reach some of the half-million people displaced by the disaster. Dozens more bodies were lined...