Clashes between Kiev soldiers and separatist militias in Ukraine’s Donbass Region continue to increase in intensity The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF) said, “On February 21 this year, at 9:50 AM, a shell of an unidentified type fired from the territory of Ukraine completely destroyed the place of duty of the […]
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine began to affect air transportation to Ukraine. Especially Germany-based airline company Lufthansa, airline companies such as Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines announced that they suspended their flights to Ukraine between February 21 and February 28. The companies stated that whether the flights will continue […]
Heavy snowfall and storms that have been effective since last night in Hokkaido and Northeast Tohoku regions of Japan, negatively hit the daily life in the country. Railroad operator Japan Railways (JR) announced that they suspended 683 services, including a limited number of express trains, as a precaution. Also, airline companies announced the cancellation of […]
Search and rescue efforts are continuing after the flood and landslide disaster caused by heavy rains in the city of Petropolis in the mountainous region of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian authorities announced that the death toll rose to 171, more than 900 people were placed in shelters, and search and rescue […]
While the discussions about returning the Aztec ruler Moctezuma’s crown to Mexico were continuing, the Ethnographic Museum of Vienna was declared that it wouldn’t be possible to return the artifact within the next 10 years, on the grounds that it could be destroyed during transportation. After the Museum’s decision, 2 Mexican activists named Sebastian Arrechedera […]
An F-5 fighter aircraft belonging to the Iranian military crashed in Tabriz city of Iran. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire that broke out as a result of the accident. After the incident the Tabriz Shahid Fakouri Air Force Base Information Department released a statement regarding the incident. “The aircraft crashed […]
In the statement made by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), it’s been announced that an orange code alarm was issued due to the “Franklin Storm” that will be effective in the country. While announcing that the strong wind will increase its effect between 08:00 PM and 11:00 PM local time, KNMI issued a warning […]
While the tension between Russia and Ukraine continuing, Ukrainians in Spain gather in capital city Madrid and protested Russia, which made a military build-up on the Ukrainian border. The group of about 200 people tried to make their voices heard with songs and banners during the protest. The demonstrators also held, “There is no security […]
In the city of Abu Zabad, located in the Kordofan province of Sudan, a wedding ceremony ended in disaster. A person shot and killed 4 people during the wedding ceremony after opening fire into the air with an automatic firearm. In the footage recorded by the wedding attendees, it was seen that the man who […]
Turkish artist Yakup Çetinkaya, 78, who works as a chalcographer in Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar, has been engraving copper for more than 40 years. It takes up to 20,000 hammering to engrave a single landscape for Çetinkaya. “I took a lot of pictures while I was in art school, and some of my artworks resemble those pictures. […]