Palu district of Elazığ, Turkey, one of the oldest settlements in the Eastern Anatolia Region, with a history of 7,000 years, awaits its visitors with its cultural, natural and religious sites. Carrying traces of different civilizations on every inch, Palu welcomes over 200,000 visitors every year. Surp Church, Palu Castle, Cimşit Pasha Complex, Küçük Mosque […]
A police officer was killed and 29 injured in a bomb attack on a police lodge of Mueang Narathiwat Police Station in Thailand’s Narathiwat province. The incident is assumed to be a terrorist attack as the first examinations revealed that a suspicious person dressed as a policeman left the bomb-laden vehicle in the open parking […]
The US Geological Survey (USGS) announced that an earthquake with a depth of 15 kilometers and a magnitude of 7.0 occurred at around 13:00 local time in the Malango region of the Solomon Islands. The disaster was followed by at least three aftershocks, the largest of which was 6.0 magnitude. It was recorded that the […]
A plane tree fell in Turkey’s Sakarya, due to the southwesterly wind. The tree that fell on four vehicles rendered one completely unusable. “Thank God there was no loss of life,” Zafer Koç said, noting that his wife had parked the car and gone to school. “This is where my wife always park her car,” […]
An explosion occurred in the gas tank of a building, where a student dormitory and a bakery are located, in the city of Duhok of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). According to the statement made by the Duhok Civil Defense Directorate, 4 died and 33 were injured in the disaster. Students in the building were […]
West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil stated that the number of people who lost their lives in the 5.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Cianjur region of Indonesia increased to 162. More than 13,000 people in West Java have been displaced and more than 2,200 homes were damaged. It was stated that the search and rescue efforts […]
In the eastern Chinese city of Anyang, a fire broke out in the factory of a company that sells chemicals and other industrial products. More than 200 search and rescue personnel and 63 fire trucks were dispatched to the scene. At least 36 people died, and 2 injured people were taken to hospital, authorities said. […]
A vehicle plunged into an Apple store in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. One person died and 16 others were injured in the accident that occurred in the district of Hingham, about 20 kilometers south of Boston. “A dark-colored SUV drove through a glass window at an uncertain speed and crashed into several people,” said Police Chief […]
A small plane crashed into a residential area in Medellin, Colombia. The accident killed eight people and damaged four houses. According to Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero, the plane suffered engine failure after taking off from the city’s Olaya Herrera Airport and crashed while returning to the airport to land.
The 500-year-old plane tree attracts visitors in autumn in the Mudurnu district of Bolu, Turkey. The tree was planted during the Ottoman period. The radius of the 18-meter-tall tree was calculated to be 6.5 to 7 meters. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry designated the tree as a monumental tree during inspections in 2010. […]