A compassionate Turkish police officer offered water to a thirsty turtle and helped the poor animal drink it from the bottle as hot summer weather gripped Turkey. The heartwarming footage was lauded by social media users.

An Indonesian traffic cop jumped on the hood of a moving car after the driver tried running a red light.

A series of loud electrical wire explosions that were caused by maintenance work in Istanbul's Şirinevler district brightened up the night sky as frightened residents struggled to make sense of the scary incident.

A hilarious video shared by Facebook user Travis Kinley where he sings the hit Lion King theme song 'Circle of Life' went viral on social media.

A U.S. flight attendant who climbed inside a baggage compartment before take-off is seen chatting with passengers.

The delivery of the 50th ATAK helicopter to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) has been completed, the head of Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) İsmail Demir said Wednesday.

The 13th round of the International High Level Meeting on Syria kicks off with a bilateral meeting between Iranian delegation led by Ali Asghar Haji, Senior Advisor to the Iran's Foreign Ministry and Russian delegation led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Bangkok, Thailand.

Heavy floods hit Russia's Irkutsk region as the water level in local rivers has risen by over a meter. It caused dozens of settlements to got under water on July 31, 2019.

Watch as this unlucky elderly man gets crushed under a reversing truck in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district. Luckily, the man survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized by onlookers.

Turkey's one of the largest container terminal, DP World Yarimca was connected to China and London by rail on Tuesday. Inaugurating the new rail line, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Mehmet Cahit Turhan, said the new railway line, will link Yarimca Harbor with the main railway network, connected to London and China. The terminal is in the Gulf of Izmit, at the easternmost edge of the Sea of Marmara.

Moscow Zoo celebrated on Wednesday birthdays of two giant pandas, gifted to Russian President Vladimir Putin by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as a symbol of friendship in April 2019.

An insect, seemingly a fly, crawled through U.S. President Donald Trump's unique head of hair during a speech in Virginia.

Turkish operator Enes Tepe galliantly saved 60 people from a burning building by removing them with his construction vehicle.

A roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Wednesday killed at least 35 people travelling on a bus, including children, and injured 27, officials said.

An 11-year-old lazy cat refused to get off a car's roof and she got a free ride. The unwitting driver only realized what had happened after fellow roadsters warned her about the kitty on her roof.

A 13-year-old street musician continued to play her melodica under heavy rain without a care in the world in Istanbul, Turkey.

At least 44 people were injured as a result of a mechanical failure in an artificial pool in a water park in Jilin, China.

A new street food, popcorn frozen with liquid nitrogen, has gained popularity in Japan's Osaka as a summer treat.

A Turkish kid miraculously survived after nearly getting strangled to death by a rope he was carrying around his neck as he got into the elevator with his sister.