A moderate earthquake shook north-western Turkey today, the Istanbul-based Kandilli seismology institute said. There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.

Turkish rescue workers pulled the bodies of two more passengers from a train wreck today, raising to eight the death toll in the nation’s third deadly rail accident in as many weeks.

A passenger train in north-west Turkey ignored a stop signal and rammed an oncoming train, killing six people and injuring 85 others yesterday in the nation’s third deadly rail accident in as many weeks.

Two trains collided head on in north-western Turkey today, injuring many passengers, the state news agency reported.