Floods occurred in the eastern, central, and northern regions of Kazakhstan due to heavy rains and melting snow. According to the Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergencies, 3,171 houses were flooded in Akmola, Aktobe, Atyrau, Kostanay, Pavlodar, and Northern Kazakhstan regions, and a total of 46,755 people, including 14,589 children, were evacuated. Additionally, 60,000 farm animals were […]
An official ceremony and various celebrations were organized in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the occasion of Day of the City of Sarajevo, which marks the city’s liberation from Nazi occupation in 1945 at the end of World War II and the start of the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. During the […]
Following the recent heavy rainfall in the Orenburg region of Russia, a section of a dam on the Ural River in the city of Orsk overflowed. After the increasing water level collapsed the dam’s wall, the dam quickly emptied into the settlements, causing chaos and the deaths of 3 people. According to the authorities, […]
A roe deer, who lost its sight after presumably being hit by a vehicle, was treated at the Ormanya Wildlife Park Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Kocaeli, Türkiye and was taken under protection in the living protection area of the facility. The deer was released after 3 weeks of treatment and started a new […]
Heavy rainfall caused severe floods in Australian state of New South Wales. Authorities said 72 rescue operations were carried out in Sydney, the country’s largest city, and 4,128 emergency calls were made across the state in 24 hours. It was said that 152 people were rescued from flood waters. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns […]
Russia launched a drone attack on a residential area in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, damaging a 9-storey building, 3 dormitories, administrative buildings, shops, gas stations, and vehicles. The attack reportedly killed 6 people and injured 10 others. The Ukrainian army said that they managed to destroy 3 of the 6 missiles and 28 of the 32 drones […]
Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was tried for corruption and convicted of two different crimes, after Mexico accepted his political asylum request. Following the operation, the political tension between the two countries rose: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered the severance of […]
Heavy fog occurred in the northern parts of Istanbul and around the Bosphorus. Ferry services in many districts on the Anatolian side, such as Üsküdar and Çengelköy, were canceled due to poor visibility. Meanwhile, a fascinating view formed in the city.
The Cappadocia region, which is one of the important tourism centers of both the world and Türkiye thanks to its fairy chimneys, interesting rock formations, magnificent valleys, underground and aboveground rock cities, received high demand due to the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The occupancy rate in accommodation establishments in the region approached one hundred percent. The […]
Palestinians, who were displaced because of the Hamas-Israel conflicts, performed Laylat al-Qadr prayers next to the ruins of a destroyed mosque in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Laylat al-Qadr prayers are performed the 27th day of the holy month of Ramadan. More than 33,000 Palestinians and over 1,450 Israelis have been killed since the conflicts began […]