A highway bridge under construction on the Rama 2 highway in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, collapsed, killing 7 people and injuring 30. Thai Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said that those who lost their lives were Thai and Myanmar workers and that the necessary compensation would be paid to the victims by those responsible after […]
Mark Carney, who has become Canada’s new prime minister after Justin Trudeau’s resignation, addressed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to make Canada the 51st state of the United States after taking the oath of office. Touching upon the major differences between the two countries, Carney said, “We will never and in no way be part […]
The Pakistani military has announced that the number of people killed in the attack on a passenger train by the separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in the Bolan district of Balochistan province on March 11 has risen to 31. There are 23 soldiers, 5 civilians and 3 railway workers among the victims, the military added. […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made statements regarding the US’s unconditional ceasefire proposal with Russia in a video recording he shared on social media yesterday. “Today was a day full of diplomacy and negotiations that could bring us closer to peace. Now on the table is the US’s unconditional ceasefire proposal in the sky, at sea […]
Federal agency employees laid off by US President Donald Trump’s administration as part of austerity measures protested in front of the Federal Plaza in New York City yesterday, demanding the firing of Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Arguing that Musk’s policies to specifically lay off public institutions and limit […]
SpaceX successfully sent 4 astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Crew-10 mission yesterday. It was announced that the astronauts would replace NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the ISS for approximately 9 months due to a malfunction in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, and conduct […]
A fire started in an agricultural area and quickly spread to the forest next to it in the Söğütalan Neighborhood of the Mustafakemalpaşa district of Bursa province, Türkiye. Water trucks, first response vehicles, a water tanker and personnel were directed to the area.
Approximately 80,000 Palestinians flocked to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem to perform the second Friday prayer of Ramadan despite Israeli restrictions, according to a statement from the Jerusalem Islamic Endowments Authority. Palestinians who were not allowed to the mosque by the Israeli forces performed Friday prayers around the Al-Aqsa […]
Saffet Gümüş, grandson of a war veteran and president of the Tokat 15 Association, completed a 375-kilometer walk from Istanbul to Çanakkale to mark the 110th anniversary of the Çanakkale Naval Victory. Wearing a military uniform and carrying a 2-meter Turkish flag, Gümüş began his journey on March 3, passing through Edirne, Tekirdağ, Keşan, […]
A fire broke out at a factory producing chemicals in an organized industrial zone in Tuzla, Istanbul, Türkiye, at around 10:30 local time. A large number of firefighters were sent to the area to intervene in the fire, which started when pallets outside the building caught fire and spread to the factory and the flames […]