The volcanic eruption that continues to spew ash, smoke and lava on the Spanish island of La Palma has destroyed nearly 400 homes and 200 hectares (494 acres) of land, Canary Islands president Angel Victor Torres said Thursday.

Footage shows male and female students attending segregated classes in Afghanistan's educational institutions. Taliban had officially announced on September 12 the segregation of male and female students in all government and private universities across the country.

The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma has continued to spew lava and ash for the fifth day on Thursday. Meanwhile, the authorities sped up evacuations of locals living in nearby residential places.

Footage shows the moment molten lava seeped into a swimming pool following the eruption of the Cumbre Viejaya Volcano, located on La Palma, the fifth largest of Spain's Canary Islands. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far, but the damage wrought by the lava has destroyed 166 homes. Scientists state that the lava flow from the volcano, which was activated after 50 years, may last for weeks, or even months.

This hygienic beaver cheered up netizens as it rubbed and scrubbed its body so hard in an effort to clean itself up, enjoying its time at what could be deemed the spa for furry creatures.

A Turkish farmer arranged a bizarre ceremony to celebrate his son's circumcision, which is widely celebrated across Turkey, by gathering a number of trucks and his relatives to carry out a procession in the country's western province of Bursa.

A motorcyclist and his friend narrowly escaped death after their vehicle slipped and overturned due to an oil spill on the highway amid congested traffic in Turkey's eastern Gaziantep province.

This unlucky Turk only wanted to have his picture taken when he attempted to enter an Ottoman-era cannon, however, he has made headlines nationwide in Turkey for a completely different reason. He, somehow, managed to get himself stuck inside the cannon in hilarious footage but was fortunately safely pulled out by firefighters in central Istanbul.

Footage shows a woman running for her life as an oncoming train misses her by inches in the Netherlands. "It's too bad that we couldn't have contact with her," spokesman for Dutch Railways business ProRail Martijn de Graaf said. "This is just ridiculous behavior and it happens quite a lot in the Netherlands – around 160 times a year near stations or railway crossings." Unfortunately, they have been unable to identify the woman, and she has gone unpunished.

Fourteen black-and-white Magellanic penguins have waddled their way to freedom on the Atlantic coast of Argentina after several months of rehabilitation for malnutrition, hypothermia, and dehydration.

It is said that you should “Love what you do, and do what you love.” Well this Turkish municipality worker seems to be doing just that as he manages to have fun and dance like there’s no tomorrow while keeping the streets of western Turkey’s Bursa province squeaky clean.

A benevolent French bulldog took pity on a pair of kittens after their mother died and is now nursing these two felines as well as her own three pups in Turkey’s Erzincan province.

Turkish security forces "neutralized" 11 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, across Turkey's border, authorities said on Thursday. Sharing footage of operations carried out by Turkish forces, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Twitter, the terrorists attempted to infiltrate and attack the Operation Peace Spring zone.

Footage shared by the Turkish Defense Ministry shows a dazzling air show put on with the coordination of Turkish and Azerbaijani jets over Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait ahead of the grand opening ceremony of the TEKNOFEST Aerospace and Technology Festival on Monday.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United States to do more on the influx of Afghan refugees, as he questioned the nearly two-decade American involvement in Afghanistan. "Of course, the United States should do a lot... because the U.S. has been there for the last 20 years, but why?" he asked during an interview with CBS News.

Turkish engine producer Erin Motor introduced its newly developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engines at Turkey's largest technology and aviation event TEKNOFEST.The firm showcased its two types of UAV engines, 6-hp and 11-hp, which can be used in observer drones, especially for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAVs, Ersin Sahin, the firm’s general manager, told Anadolu Agency.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met Wednesday with diplomats from around the world in New York.

An angry U.S. war vet by the name of Mike Prysner who once served in Iraq confronted the flabbergasted former President George W. Bush as he was giving a speech during the Distinguished Speaker Serieş. “When are you going to apologize,” “You killed people,” and “A million Iraqis are dead because YOU LIED” were some of the choice words the vet had to say to the former president.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not forget to say hello to Turkish admirers who converged outside his hotel for a glimpse of the leader in New York City, where he was attending the 76th UN General Assembly meeting.

Two Turkish-German scientists have won the most prestigious medicine award in Germany for their achievements in the use of mRNA for preventive and therapeutic purposes, the Scientific Council of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation announced Tuesday.Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, the second-generation Turkish immigrants who co-founded the German company BioNTech, were among the scientists to win the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2022.