As a heat wave that brought the hottest temperature ever recorded to Spain comes to an end on Monday, firefighters are scrambling to contain dozens of forest fires across the country.

Harrowing footage shows crowds of panicked Afghans on Monday morning as they scrambled after and clung onto a departing U.S. military aircraft in a desperate attempt to flee following the Taliban's takeover of the country. A heart-wrenching clip circulating on social media purportedly shows the moment two Afghans fell to their death after hanging onto the landing gears as the aircraft made its ascension.

At least three PKK terrorists have been "neutralized" in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Monday. The terrorists were targeted in a coordinated operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in the Haftanin region, the ministry said.

Forces of the Taliban have started carrying out patrols in the Afghan capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government.

The Turkish Armed Forces deployed an armored assault bridge to areas where powerful flash floods severely damaged infrastructure in the country's Black Sea province of Sinop.

Two Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces opened fire on residents of a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, witnesses said late Sunday.

Thousands of panic-stricken Afghans and foreign nationals thronged Kabul International Airport in a desperate attempt to catch an international flight as the Taliban seized control of the capital.

The Taliban have captured the presidential palace in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, a Taliban spokesman said. The capture came following an eventful day, which saw minute-to-minute developments, including the Taliban's entry to the besieged capital and the departure of embattled President Ashraf Ghani along with his close aides.

The U.S. has started to evacuate embassy staff in Afghanistan's capital as the Taliban began to enter the outskirts of capital Kabul. Earlier in the day, the Taliban surrounded the capital from all sides, according to the country's Interior Ministry. With the Taliban having captured all major provincial centers and border crossings in Afghanistan except for Kabul, gunshots were heard earlier around the presidential palace in the capital as insurgents closed in on the city.

The Taliban began to enter the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday as it surrounded the city from all sides, according to the country's Interior Ministry.

At least 11 people, including women and children, were killed and several injured in a grenade attack on a truck in the southern port city of Karachi on Saturday, police said.Raja Omer Khitab, the head of the counter-terrorism cell of Karachi police, told reporters that the attackers riding a motorbike hurled a grenade on a mini truck in the southern district of the metropolis.

Devastating footage shows floodwaters submerging houses as citizens quickly fled the Sarıkamış district of Turkey’s eastern Kars Province.

A group of illegal immigrants in the center of Turkey’s eastern province of Van and near the border with Iran were captured and deported back to their respective countries.

A toddler was rescued and delivered into the arms of Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu by search and rescue teams in the northern Kastamonu Province after his mother was swept away by raging floods.

Footage from the southwestern Russian city of Voronezh shows glass shattering in every direction as an explosion tears apart a bus in Russia, killing two people and injuring 19 more.

Turkish soldiers airlifted a mother and her two children with a helicopter from the northern Black Sea province of Sinop as raging floodwaters threatened to reach them.

After highways were closed off following calamitous floods in Turkey’s northern province of Sinop, helicopters and sea vessels were deployed to affected areas. A human chain was formed to get bread and water to those in need.

Cadaver dogs are assisting the search of rescue and police teams as they seek citizens trapped under the mud after deadly floods wreaked havoc on Turkey’s northern Kastamonu Province.

Terrifying footage depicts an overflowing waterfall after apocalyptic floods induced landslides, destroying homes and wreaking havoc on lives in the northern Black Sea province of Rize.

Shocking footage shows the moment a bridge in Turkey's Bartin province collapsed as waters began to rise following flash floods that hit the region. The death toll from floods and the ensuing landslides has risen to 27, authorities said on Friday.