Dozens of wild fires burned across broad swaths of Australia's east and west on Saturday and firefighters scrambled to shore up defences ahead of hotter weather and stronger winds expected to bring more danger in the coming days.

At least 10 civilians were killed and another 30 wounded in bomb attacks on Saturday in northern Syria, according to reports. The attacks came from two bomb-laden vehicles in the bus station in the al-Bab district, an area cleared by Turkey of terrorists in 2016.

Dozens of hot air balloons have brightened up the skies above Cappadocia, a charming touristic hub famed for its fairy chimneys, in Central Anatolia's Nevşehir province, Turkey.

Footage that shows children playing jump rope with a dead snake in Vietnam went viral on social media.

The Muslim call for prayer was recited Friday on loudspeakers for the first time in Amsterdam, according to a mosque official.

At least four people were killed and 20 injured after a car bomb Friday targeted Tahrir Square in the city amid anti-government protests ongoing since October, according to security sources.

Istanbul's landmark Galata Tower was illuminated with blue light on Thursday night to raise awareness on World Diabetes Day. According to the latest findings of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the number of people between the ages of 20 and 79 with diabetes is expected to reach 700 million by 2045.

Turkey's vice president Fuat Oktay on Friday attended the official ceremony held in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to mark its 36th foundation anniversary. During the ceremony, the participants observed a minute of silence.

A Southern California high school student killed two classmates and wounded three on Thursday, pulling a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun from his backpack and emptying it in a matter of seconds as the school day began. He saved the last bullet for himself. It was his 16th birthday.

Turkey has deported six Daesh/ISIS suspects of German citizenship back to Berlin on Thursday.

Police in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır seized 5,038 kilograms (11,107 pounds) of marijuana, 5,560 root cannabis and ammunition as part of Turkey's Operation Kıran, local authorities said in a statement.

The Turkish president has congratulated the national football team that advanced to UEFA EURO 2020 finals after goalless tie against Iceland on Thursday evening.

A group of law students at Harvard University staged a silent protest by walking out of a lecture entitled 'The Legal Strategy of Israeli Settlements' by the Consul General of Israel in New York. The students held signs reading “Settlements are a war crime' to protest the presence of Dani Dayan at the university.

The Turkish military has found a mine storage facility belonging to YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, where Turkey launched an anti-terror operation last month, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry on Wednesday.

China on Thursday successfully completed a lander test in northern Hebei province ahead of an unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. China is on track to launch its Mars mission in 2020, Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, said on Thursday. Zhang was speaking ahead of the hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for the lander.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Brazilian capital.

An upgraded version of Turkey's domestically-produced combat ATAK helicopter, the Atak Faz-2 helicopter, conducted its maiden flight, the head of Turkey's Defense Industry Directorate said on Wednesday.

The crude waxwork figure isn't much to look at, although it does feature the famous moustache. But Pakistan's new museum exhibit on an Indian pilot captured when the two nations came close to war earlier this year is causing ire across the border. Pakistan's Air Force on Wednesday opened a new gallery in its museum on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was shot down in a dog-fight as the two countries clashed over the contested Kashmir region in February.The new exhibit is less popular in ...

Greta Thunberg will gaze down at people from a building in downtown San Francisco from Tuesday night when an artist formally unveils a giant mural of the teenage activist, hoping it will remind residents of the dangers posed by climate change.

Venice was hit by the second highest tide recorded in the lagoon city on Tuesday, which flooded its historic basilica and left many of its squares and alleyways deep underwater.