A total of 98 irregular migrants, including women and children, were held on Monday in Turkey's western Çanakkale province. The migrants were heading to the nearby Greek island Lesbos.

A dance group of orphan children from the east African country of Uganda arrived in Turkey to mesmerize people with their eccentric style. Masaka Kids Africana, which got its name from Masaka town in southern Uganda -- located around 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of the capital Kampala -- attracted the attention of the world with their dance videos posted on social media.

A cave painting found on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi, depicting human-like figures hunting animals, appears to be the earliest known pictorial record of story-telling, according to a study by a team of Australian and Indonesian researchers. The painting, found in a limestone cave in 2017, was dated to nearly 44,000 years ago using uranium-series analysis, they said in the study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

The Turkish army turned a school heavily damaged by the terrorist group YPG/PKK back into an education center, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on Monday. “Our heroic soldiers not only bring peace, security, roads, water, and electricity with other institutions of our government but also build a future for Syrian children by turning the schools that PKK/YPG terrorists used as headquarters into education centers once again,' the ministry said on Twitter, posting a short video of the projec...

The first Turkish military drone on Monday landed at Gecitkale Airport in the eastern coastal city of Magusa (Famagusta) in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicles, stationed at Naval Air Base Command in Turkey's Aegean district of Dalaman, landed in TRNC at 10 a.m. (0700GMT) following a green light from the government of the country.

Thousands of demonstrators gather at the Martyrs' Square to protest the consultation expected to be held in the parliament on Monday to nominate new prime minister on December 15, 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon has been rocked by mass protests in recent months against plans for tax rises, which quickly turned into wider grievances. The unrest forced Prime Minister Saad Hariri to resign Oct. 29, with no progress on reaching a deal on a new government.

Lebanese riot police use tear gas to disperse protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon, 15 December 2019.

A Turkish soldier suddenly proposed to his girlfriend during his oath-taking ceremony. Audiences gave them a round of applause when the woman positively responded to his question.

Three crazy Turkish children grabbed a moving bus from behind while it was driving on the highway, and even waved to onlookers during their journey in Istanbul, Turkey. It was reported that the number of children who dangerously skate by while holding onto buses increases day by day.

New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honour the victims of last week's fatal volcanic eruption, as police continued efforts to recover two bodies. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern led Monday's minute of silence, standing alongside her ministers in Wellington's distinctive “Beehive' parliament building.

A scandalous incident targeting the Turkish National Anthem took place during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Sisak, Croatia. The Turkish National Anthem, which was playing after the 4-1 victory of the Turkish National Ice Hockey Team against Bulgaria, was suddenly interrupted and music started to play during the recital. After this discourtesy, Turkish National players raised their voices and completed the National Anthem.

Various shots of the 12th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), in Antalya, Turkey on December 14, 2019.

Russian navy ship 'Azov' and ''Orsk'' pass through the Dardanelles Strait in northwestern Canakkale province of Turkey on December 14, 2019.

Whirling dervishes perform the mystical Sufi ceremony known as a sema, during an event to commemorate 746th death anniversary of Mevlana Jalaluddin al-Rumi, in central Konya province, Turkey on December 14, 2019.

A kindhearted Turkish man saved a kitten from falling into the water. He shouted ''you could at least say thank you'' after the kitten quickly ran away.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets Rwandan President Paul Kagame within the scope of the 19th Doha Forum on December 14, 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets Deputy Prime Minister and Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani within the scope of the 19th Doha Forum on December 14, 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

The city of Konya, located south of the capital Ankara in Turkey's Central Anatolia region, commemorated the 746th death anniversary of Mevlana with a special ritual called Sema -- an act of meditation through dance and music -- that originated among Sufis of the Mevlevi order in the 13th century. Born into a Turkic family in 1207, in what is now Afghanistan, Rumi is one of the most widely read philosophers in the world, with teachings that transcend boundaries of race, color, and religion. In T...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu meets Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono within the scope of the 19th Doha Forum on December 14, 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Satuday met with Fayez al-Sarraj, chairman of Presidential Council of Libya, within the scope of the 19th Doha Forum in Qatar's capital Doha.