37 million Turkish Liras worth illegal goods and narcotics seized in Turkey

In the risk analyzes carried out at the Kapıkule Customs Gate located in Edirne city of Turkey, by the Edirne Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate, vehicles that suspected of being used in drug smuggling were first checked with an x-ray scanning device and then with narcotic detector dogs. In the serial operations carried out […]

former Honduran president hernandez detained over US extradition request

The former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez was captured at his home in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, after the US requested his arrest and extradition on drug charges. Followers of Hernandez gathered at the Supreme Court of Justice, where he will appear for trial. On the other hand, members of the Freedom and Refoundation […]

Turkish Gendarmerie seized a handwritten Bible with an operation

As a result of an intelligence work, Provincial Gendarmerie Command teams in Elazığ city of Turkey were informed that some suspects had a handwritten Bible in his hand. Thereupon, the Gendarmerie teams located the residence and workplace addresses of the suspects and carried out an operation. During the operation, a handwritten Bibles were seized at […]

A village burst into flames in Turkey

A village named Akkaya Başören located at Turkey’s Kastamonu city, burst into flames after a fire that broke out in a house spread to other houses in the village. After the fire grew in a short time, 15 houses surrendered to the flames. A great number of firefighter, forest, medical, Turkey Disaster and Emergency Management […]

Dublin hosts Chinese New Year event.

The Confucius Institute at University College Dublin (UCD) hosted a Chinese New Year celebration. At the event, visitors enjoyed the traditional Chinese music and dance performances held inside the teaching building of Confucius Institute, as well as a lantern and fire flame show outside the building. Several food stalls were set up outside to give […]

Oil tanker explodes after crashing into roadside store in NY

An oil tanker crashed into a roadside store and exploded on Long Island, New York. With injuries, the driver escaped the tanker, which was engulfed in flames after the explosion. About 50,000 liters of gasoline spilled onto the road, and the flames spread to the store. Firefighters who arrived at the scene spent more than […]

Turkey’s first drilling platform

The first drilling platform in Turkey, Anadolu-01, is actively used after the drilling ships Kanuni, Fatih, and Yavuz. It has been actively working within the scope of well drilling projects for approximately 1.5 years since December 2020. A total of 9 wells will be drilled at depths between 1600 meters and 1950 meters. So far, […]

Fire at military hospital in Pakistan

A fire broke out in the Surgical Building of the United Military Hospital in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistani army used a military helicopter to evacuate the patients and staff who had escaped the fire and climbed onto the hospital’s roof. Those on the lower floors were removed from […]

Death toll rises to 94 in floods and landslides in Brazil

At least 94 people have died in Petropolis in floods following heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  More than 50 houses were destroyed and 370 people were placed to shelters. 24 people were rescued so far in the search and rescue operations that are conducted by 400 firefighters, authorities said. Also it’s been reported […]

Unity Day celebration in Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukrainians gathered at Olympic Stadium in the capital, Kyiv after President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared February 16 as Unity Day for Ukrainians. A giant, 200 meters long National Flag was spread out during the celebration amid escalation on the Ukraine-Russian border. The State Flag of Ukraine raised on houses and buildings, and the National Anthem […]