1 dies, 3 go missing after Flooding in Adıyaman, Türkiye

Ömerol Stream in Türkiye’s Adıyaman province overflowed due to heavy rain, causing flooding. Coordinator Governor Gökmen Çiçek said in a statement that as a result of the disaster, a person lost his life and three are missing. “The people who disappeared in the flood were staying in a container they set up in their own […]

severe flooding hits türkiye’s şanlıurfa

Flooding occurred in many streets and main roads in Türkiye’s Şanlıurfa due to the torrential rain that started yesterday evening. The flood hit houses and workplaces, while traffic was heavily disrupted throughout the city as many vehicles were swept along the streets by the floodwaters. The waters also swept away several people, but no deaths […]

Oldest human genome discovered in southern Spain

The earliest human genome has been found in southern Spain by an international research team. The genome belonged to a 23,000-year-old human being who lived during the peak of the last Ice Age, when sea levels were vastly lower than they are now. It was discovered in the Malalmuerzo cave on the southern Iberian Peninsula. […]

paris streets covered in garbage due to workers’ strike

As sanitation workers continue their strike over the new pension reform that aims to raise the retirement age, tons of trash remained uncollected on the sidewalks of Paris, the capital of France. The Paris city hall reported on Monday that 5,600 tonnes of garbage remained uncollected in the streets. The workers have been on strike […]

anti-government protestors chains themselves with plastic pipes in israel

In an overnight vote, the Knesset passed three bills that will weaken Israel’s judiciary, prompting several protesters to chain themselves with plastic pipes and iron chains outside the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. “If you don’t start working for the public, we won’t let you work at all,” said the protest organizers to the coalition […]

Supporters of former Pakistani PM Khan clash with police

Protests erupted when two arrest warrants were issued for Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chairman of the Pakistan Justice Movement (PTI) Party. After police had come to Khan’s house in Lahore to arrest him at around 14:00 local time, a clash broke out between the police and demonstrators. The police used […]

Factory fire in earthquake zone in Türkiye

A fire broke out in a textile factory operating in an industrial zone in Adıyaman, one of the Turkish cities severely hit by the two earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş on February 6th. Although the fire grew rapidly and caused fear and panic, no one was killed or injured in the region. It was reported that efforts […]

Cocaine worth $87.7 million seized from submarine in Colombia

The Colombian navy conducted an operation on a 15-meter submarine carrying four people in the Pacific Ocean. According to the Navy’s announcement, 2.6 tons of cocaine were seized during the search and the drug’s market value is $87.7 million. Furthermore, the bodies of two people were found, while the other two were taken to a […]