Lightning struck an area where a concert was being given despite heavy rainfall yesterday in Mooka, Tochigi, Japan. Local authorities announced that 9 people, consisting of cleaning staff, were taken to the hospital with burning and numbness on their bodies but their conditions were not life-threatening. The concert was attended by 12,000 people.
Israel carried out an airstrike on military facilities in the rural region of Syria’s Hama city, killing 14 people and injuring 43 more. An unnamed Syrian military source said that an airstrike was launched from northwest Lebanon and that air defense systems shot some down.
Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor, the last stop of his 12-day Asia Pacific tour. The Catholic leader was greeted with affection by thousands of people in the capital, Dili, and a welcome ceremony was organized for him in the Presidential Palace. Pope Francis is the second Pope to visit East Timor after Pope […]
The body of Narin Güran, the 8-year-old girl who went missing on August 21st in a village in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır province in Türkiye and worried the whole country, was found in a sack thrown into a lake in the region. Her body was in a cemetery in a neighboring village today, while […]
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, candidate of centre-leftist National Liberation Front, was re-elected as President of Algeria for the second term. The 78-year-old Algerian President won the presidential race with 94.65 percent of the votes.
A magnificent view formed in Sakarya’s Kocaali district, which is on the coast, during sunset. The breathtaking view attracted photography enthusiasts.
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi, which made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday has risen to 21, also damaging approximately 3,300 homes and more than 120,000 hectares of farmland and causing 30 ships to sink. The typhoon is described as one of the strongest typhoons to hit the region in the last 10 years.
A passenger bus traveling from Aden to Taiz in Yemen overturned after its brakes failed and went off the road. 16 people, including 2 children, lost their lives, and 3 people were injured, 1 seriously. The committee that oversees the maintenance of the Karba Al-Sahi road, where the accident took place, reported that there were […]
A forest fire broke out in the Kuşcular Neighborhood of the Urla district at 13:01 local time. Aircraft, land vehicles, and firefighting teams belonging to the Izmir Forestry Regional Directorate were urgently sent to the area. The intervention is still ongoing.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani during his visit to Kosovan capital, Pristina. Bilateral relations and regional and international developments were discussed during the meeting.