An influx of foreign tourists enjoyed exploring the unusually crowd-free historic sites of Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul, such as the neighborhood of Sultanahmet as the government exempted foreigners from Covid-19 restrictions.

A small plane crashed into a residential home in southeastern Michigan, killing three people on board, including the pilot, according to reports.

A benevolent Turkish man continues to feed the pigeons every day even though temperatures have dropped as low as -20 degrees Celsius in Turkey's northeastern Kars province. (Courtesy: İHA)

Hundreds of Lebanese people gathered in Tripoli on Sunday to protest against the worsening economic crisis as well as unemployment and the high cost of living in the country. Following calls of mass protests, the crowd of protesters gathered around the Clock Tower located at the city's Al-Tell square.

Kana Tanaka, who is the world's oldest person according to the Guinness World Records, celebrated her 118th birthday in Japan's Fukuoka.

Windows were shattered and a bench was destroyed in a horribly racist attack on a mosque in Germany's southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that the Fatih Mosque has suffered such an Islamophobic attack.

Footage has emerged of a bombing after terrorists detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a marketplace in Syria's Ras al-Ayn district, killing four people and injuring at least 37 more.

A Turkish farmer stumbled upon human bones that allegedly date back to the Roman era while ploughing his field in the northern Tokat province. The area was later taken under the protection by Tokat Museum Directorate officials and Turkish gendarmerie teams.

Turkey's aid to earthquake victims arrived in Croatia on Friday. The aid consisting of 272 heaters was sent by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday rocked the town of Petrinja killing seven people and injuring 27 others.

A dramatic series of vehicle crashes were all caught on CCTV camera in Turkey's southern provinces. The fearful moments were caught in Adana, Osmaniye, and Hatay provinces. The footage shows the fatal moments of vehicle crashes into each other. No causalities were reported so far.

Thousands of people gathered in central Wuhan, the first epicenter of the coronavirus, to celebrate the arrival of the new year on Friday night. (Courtesy: İHA)

The final morning prayer (fajr) of 2020 was performed at the Hagia Sophia Mosque, where thousands of Muslims flock to every day in Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul. The imam's prayer enchanted the congregation which assembled while abiding by rules of social distancing due to the coronavirus disease.

Turkish scientists at Bilkent University's National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) have developed a nanotechnology-based system that diagnoses COVID-19 in 10 seconds with 99% reliability without taking swab tests.

Nikolay Kopichka, the director of administrative inspection in the town of Krasnodar, fell asleep during a live meeting, which was being attended by many Russian officials to discuss measures against the coronavirus in Rostov, Russia. The funny moments of this Russian official losing no sleep over COVID-19 went viral on social media.

Turkish security forces neutralized 10 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The terrorists were attempting to infiltrate the Operation Peace Spring area, the ministry said on Twitter.

Turkey's construction of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge is continuing full-speed ahead, with the 'Catwalk,' the temporary work rope and platform, almost complete. The bridge, also known as the Canakkale Strait Bridge, is a suspension bridge being constructed in the northwestern Canakkale province of Turkey. Situated just south of the towns of Lapseki and Gelibolu, the bridge will span the Dardanelles strait, about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of the Sea of Marmara.

25 people died late on Wednesday in an attack on a passenger bus in eastern Syria, according to state media. A total of 13 others were injured when the bus traveling between Deir-ez-Zor province and the western province of Homs was targeted, the country's official SANA news agency reported.

If you have a queasy stomach then this video of a woman putting on a face mask after picking up her dog's droppings with it, is definitely not for you! (Video taken from YouTube)

Exciting footage was shared by Turkey's defense giant BAYKAR, which has garnered global praise with its domestically produced drones, captioned 'Is everybody ready to lend strength?' as the new combat unmanned aerial vehicles are set to be unveiled in 2021.

'I barely felt it,' said U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after she received a COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday. 'I want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. It is relatively painless. It is safe. It's literally about saving lives. I trust the scientists.'