Turkey rescued at least 109 asylum seekers aboard a faulty boat set to sail from a bay in Turkey's Aegean Izmir province. Local gendarmerie teams learned that migrant smugglers were preparing to take asylum seekers to Italy by boat attached to a fishing port in the Karaburun district of Izmir. As part of an investigation carried out by local prosecutors, the provincial gendarmerie command, the Turkish Coast Guard teams, and the national intelligence service initiated a joint operation and busted...

Citizens were shocked after a moving vehicle in Turkey's Bursa burst into flames that soon covered the entire car. Firefighters can be seen hosing down the car in an attempt to control the infernal blaze.

This adorable pup made off with the shoes of a youth after he took them off outside a mosque in Turkey's central Sivas province. Paws up Furry!

New Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) footage shows a Greek Coast Guard ship in the Aegean Sea illegally pushing back a boat of asylum seekers, including women and children, according to Turkish defense sources. The April 2 footage captured by the National Defense Ministry shows Greek Coast Guard boats forcing some 20-25 asylum seekers in inflatable boats north of the Greek island of Rhodes into Turkish territorial waters, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on sp...

As the weekend lockdown curfew in Turkey's Istanbul came to an end on Monday morning, the city of 15 million awoke and set off on the roads as cars can be seen piling up, one behind the other in a bid to start the week's grind.

Mosques and museums alike were painted with a wet coat of water as rain poured down the historical city of Istanbul during the early hours of Monday.

Men and women alike got into a scrape on the road after an accident transpired in Turkey's southern Şanlıurfa province while a wedding convoy was cruising. Needless to say, fists flew and three people were injured in the aftermath.

Eight-year-old Halil Şıvgın was overjoyed when he opened the door of his home to two Turkish policemen who were waiting to surprise him with a cake for his birthday in the western Balıkesir province.

Police intervened to protesters, who stand against the controversial bill that plans to increase police powers against protesters, in London on Saturday. Tension rose between police and protesters after protesters wanted to close a roads in the capital. Police arrested protesters after they began damaging roads and closing traffics.

Drone footage captures the mesmerizing beauty of Istanbul's most famed landmarks even during curfew as people abide by lockdown measures during weekends to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease.

Watch as this adorable cat seemingly does a series of push-ups at the back of a car, shocking onlookers.

A monastery built during the Roman era and a 1,500-year-old mosaic were unearthed in western Turkey as security forces nabbed two suspects conducting an illegal excavation. (Courtesy: DHA)

Egypt held a historic procession for the transfer of remains of 22 royal mummies through the streets of Cairo on Saturday. The ancient mummies -- 18 kings and 4 queens -- have transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. During the procession, dubbed the “Pharaohs' Golden Parade”, a special wagon was manufactured for each of the mummies, bearing a unified logo, the mummy's name, and surname in Arabic, English, and hieroglyphs.

Broadway theaters, closed for a year, are preparing to reopen with restrictions in New York. Theatres and smaller entertainment businesses are preparing for live performances after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered plays in the city. More than 30.6 million cases have been recorded in the US since the start of the pandemic with over 554,000 deaths.

A total of 231 asylum seekers were rescued in the Aegean Sea in seven operations after they were pushed back by Greece into Turkish territorial waters, Turkey's Coast Guard Command said late Friday. The command said the Greek Coast Guard dumped asylum seekers into the water near the island of Lesbos between 3.30 a.m. (0030GMT) and 12.33 p.m. (0933GMT) local time. They were saved from rubber boats off Izmir, Balikesir and Canakkale provinces, it added. Turkey has repeatedly condemned Greece's ill...

Climate change activists held a protest in front of Bank of America in Manhattan, New York on Friday. Two protesters climbed over the subway station's exit and police arrested two protesters after taking them down. Protesters held banners written “Stop funding climate death” and “Stop funding climate disaster”.

A 63-year old Turkish man with Alzheimer's disease was seriously injured after police shot at him on Thursday in Germany's Bavaria state. Video showing German police shooting and seriously injuring a Turkish national during an identity check drew criticism on Friday. According to a statement, the 63-year-old man who was on someone's property, did not cooperate with police despite being warned. (Courtesy:İHA)

A Turkish motorcyclist fell on the ground after stumbling on the rope of a horse tied to a tree in the country's Aegean Aydin province on Friday (Apr. 2). A security camera caught the moments when both the rider and the horse fell on the ground. No casualties have been reported.

Saudi police arrested an armed man who chanted slogans in support of the Daesh terror organization at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca on Tuesday. (Courtesy: İHA)

Two female terrorists were neutralized Thursday before they could carry out a suicide bombing in northern Syria, according to a governorate in southern Turkey. The governor's office in Hatay province said the YPG/PKK terrorists were neutralized in an operation before their planned attack in a populated area of Afrin, thanks to the quick reaction of security forces in the region.