A female trainee doctor working at a public hospital in the state of West Bengal, India, was sexually assaulted and killed while sleeping in a seminar room after working 36 hours last Friday. Following the violent incident, calls were made on social media and thousands of people from all walks of life marched across the […]
A forest fire broke out near Büyükanafarta village in Çanakkale, Türkiye. In response, teams from the Çanakkale Regional Directorate of Forestry quickly mobilized, launching efforts to control the blaze both from the air and on the ground. The fire is in proximity to the historic Gallipoli Peninsula, a significant site from the Gallipoli Wars, which […]
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced that the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress-MS-28 cargo capsule was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 06:20 GMT. The spacecraft, carrying a 2.6-ton load including fuel, drinking water, food, nitrogen, and various equipment for the crew and scientific experiments, is expected to arrive at the […]
As the tragic memories of the August 17, 1999, Marmara Earthquake resurface each year, Tavşancıl, a district in Kocaeli’s Dilovası, stands out for its remarkable resilience. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which struck at 03:02 AM and lasted 45 seconds, caused widespread devastation in Kocaeli, Yalova, Sakarya, and Düzce, resulting in 18,373 deaths and injuring […]
Excavations at Oylum Höyük, a key archaeological site in Kilis, Türkiye, have resumed after a long break. The project, originally started in 1988, is now supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Gaziantep University, and the Kilis Governorship. The site, near the Syrian border, is crucial for understanding the region’s history. Current efforts […]
Storms led to chaos in Italy’s Turin yesterday, causing floods on roads and blowing away roofs. Around 100 ‘technical rescue’ interventions were carried out by local firefighters.
Real Madrid claimed their sixth UEFA Super Cup title after a 2-0 win over Atalanta at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. The match, officiated by Swiss referee Sandro Scharer, saw both teams struggle to score in the first half, with each side hitting the post once. In the second half, Real Madrid […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared a footage of a video conference in which he was informed by Chief of General Staff Oleksandr Syrskyi on the current situation in important areas of the front line, especially in Toretsk and Pokrovsk, and the operation in the Kursk region of Russia. “We have advanced 1-2 kilometers in various […]
A juvenile spur shark (Squalus acanthias), caught in fishermen’s nets off the coast of Antalya Kemer in April, is now being exhibited at the Akdeniz University Faculty of Science. This shark is part of the Vertebrate Animals Museum, which features a vast collection of specimens, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish. The spur shark, […]
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 547 people, 20 of them teenagers and children, have been killed and 1,765 people have been injured as a result of the clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the border. It was stated that the number of dead includes Hezbollah members. 102,523 people have been forced […]