Outraged Iraqi protesters on Tuesday stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad, protesting Washington's attacks on armed battalions belong to Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi forces.

Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia's east coast on Tuesday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government readied naval vessels and military helicopters to aid firefighting and evacuations.

An alleged burglar managed to get his head stuck between two window bars while he attempted to flee from a house he had robbed in eastern China, according to reports.

Turkish police arrested 114 suspects linked to the Daesh/ISIS terror group across Turkey, security sources said on Monday.

Tesla has started delivering Model 3 electric cars built at its Shanghai factory in just under a year since it began work on the $2 billion plant, a record for global automakers in China, and said it would ramp up deliveries from next month.

As the countdown to New Year's begins, some of the main streets and roads of Istanbul have been decorated with colorful lights for the celebrations.

Thousands of residents and holiday makers have been told to evacuate a swathe of Victoria as soaring temperatures and strong winds fan massive bushfires in the Australian state. With the mercury set to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in Melbourne, authorities urged an estimated 30,000 tourists to leave East Gippsland, an area half the size of Belgium.

Cameras captured the bizarre moment a painter plummeted 30ft (about 9 meters) to the ground after a 46-year-old fuming pensioner in a wheelchair relentlessly shook his ladder because it was 'blocking the pavement' in Peru.

People gather outside the Embassy of China in Jakarta during a demonstration in support of Uyghur Turks against human rights violations of China, on December 27, 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Various shots of snow covered Golcuk Natural Park in northern Bolu province of Turkey on December 28, 2019.

China commissioned its first domestically built aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday at a key base on the shores of the disputed South China Sea, in another big step in the country's ambitious military modernisation.

An animal-lover cyclist gave water to a thirsty koala after a severe heatwave hit in Adelaide, Australia.

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against Chilean President Sebastian Pinera's government in Santiago, Chile on December 27, 2019. Chile has been witnessing a wave of protests against social inequality since October 2019 when the government announced a price rise in metro tickets. Thousands of protesters clashed with police on Friday in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago in Chile.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took a test-drive of Turkey's first indigenous car on Friday. He sat behind the wheel just after the publicity ceremony of the automobile in Kocaeli. The prototype of Turkey's first indigenous car was unveiled on Friday. It was designed by Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) in a brief span of 18 months.

Turkey's first indigenous automobile prototype on Friday was unveiled in the industrial province of Kocaeli, Turkey.

Turkey is set to unveil the prototype of its first indigenous car on Friday in the Gebze district of the industrial province of Kocaeli. In June 2018, five Turkish industry giants; Anadolu Group, BMC, Kok Group, Turkcell and Zorlu Holding and an umbrella organization, The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey joined hands to create an indigenous car.

A Liberia-flagged cargo ship ran ashore of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul on Friday. The ship, called Songa Iridium, stranded near the Rumeli Fortress after it had left Ukraine's Port of Odessa.

Libya needs air defense, special training and expertise to help its soldiers on the ground, Libya's ambassador to Turkey said Thursday on the possible Turkish military support. “Even if there are ground soldiers, it [Turkey's possible military support] does not mean any harm. It will help of the Libyan people to be in secure and stability of the country,' Abdurrazaq Mukhtar Ahmed Abdulgader told Anadolu Agency.

A Bek Air plane with 93 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off, killing at least 15 people, authorities in the Central Asian country said.

Turkish police arrested eight suspects allegedly linked to the Daesh/ISIS terror group in the central province of Konya, said security sources on Thursday.