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former Honduran president hernandez detained over US extradition request
The former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez was captured at his home in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital, after the US requested his arrest and extradition on drug charges. Followers of Hernandez gathered at the Supreme Court…
Turkish Gendarmerie seized a handwritten Bible with an operation
As a result of an intelligence work, Provincial Gendarmerie Command teams in Elazığ city of Turkey were informed that some suspects had a handwritten Bible in his hand. Thereupon, the Gendarmerie teams located the residence and workplace…
A village burst into flames in Turkey
A village named Akkaya Başören located at Turkey's Kastamonu city, burst into flames after a fire that broke out in a house spread to other houses in the village. After the fire grew in a short time, 15 houses surrendered to the flames. A…
Dublin hosts Chinese New Year event.
The Confucius Institute at University College Dublin (UCD) hosted a Chinese New Year celebration. At the event, visitors enjoyed the traditional Chinese music and dance performances held inside the teaching building of Confucius Institute,…
Oil tanker explodes after crashing into roadside store in NY
An oil tanker crashed into a roadside store and exploded on Long Island, New York. With injuries, the driver escaped the tanker, which was engulfed in flames after the explosion. About 50,000 liters of gasoline spilled onto the road, and…
Fire at military hospital in Pakistan
A fire broke out in the Surgical Building of the United Military Hospital in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistani army used a military helicopter to evacuate the patients and staff who had escaped…
Death toll rises to 94 in floods and landslides in Brazil
At least 94 people have died in Petropolis in floods following heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 50 houses were destroyed and 370 people were placed to shelters. 24 people were rescued so far in the search and rescue…
Unity Day celebration in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainians gathered at Olympic Stadium in the capital, Kyiv after President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared February 16 as Unity Day for Ukrainians. A giant, 200 meters long National Flag was spread out during the celebration amid…
Immigrants started a hunger strike by sewing up their mouths shut in Mexico
The influx of immigrants who set out from Central and South American countries with the hope of a better life to the US continues. Irregular immigrants in Tapachula city in the Chiapas state of Mexico which is located on the country's…
slum dwellers living along railway in Bangladesh going through a difficult life
More than 12,000 families living in slums on both sides of the railway line from Mohakhali to Kamalapur have been evicted to make way for the construction of the Metrorail and Elevated Expressway in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital. Since the…