Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at UN Headquarters in New York, United States on Monday.

Turkey on Monday sent a fresh deployment of tanks and commandos to its southern Hatay province near Syrian border, ahead of a possible counter-terrorism operation in northern Syria.

A flock of starling birds mesmerized locals in the northwestern Turkish province of Sakarya on January 14, 2019.

Muslims rushed to the al-Aqsa mosque reciting the Takbir (God is great) after an Israeli policeman wearing a Jewish cap tried to force his way into the holy site.

Indonesian authorities on Monday found the secondblack box of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta more than two months ago, killing all 189 people on board.

A Chilean husband fired several shots at a thief who violently forced his wife to get out of her car in the couple's own garden.

A mesmerizing natural phenomena spinning ice circle was formed in a partially frozen river in the Vana-Vigala village in western Estonia.

King Abdullah II of Jordan meets with Iraqi President Barham Salih in Baghdad, Iraq on January 14, 2019.

A dog was rescued from a frozen river by firefighters in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas on Monday.

Brutal footage shows the shocking moment popular veteran mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz, was stabbed on Sunday evening by a man who burst onto an open-air stage at a national charity event.

New aerial footage of the Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia, filmed on Sunday (January 13) revealed the extent of its collapse in December last year, when an eruption caused a massive tsunami in the Sunda Strait. The volcano lost more than two-thirds of its height after the eruption, when it collapsed from its original 338 metres to a mere 110 metres, resulting in waves of up to five metres that crashed into coasts in western Java and southern Sumatra, killing 437 people.

Malaysia's national zoo threw a surprise first birthday party on Monday (January 14) for a female giant panda cub born to parents on loan from China. The cub, whose parents Feng Yi and Fu Wa have been on a 10-year loan to Malaysia since May 2014, has yet to be given a name, the zoo said. She is less active than her sister but in 'good shape', said Mat Naim Ramli, the director of Malaysia's Giant Panda Conservation Centre.

China succeeded in carrying out a 4K resolution, also called 4K, live broadcasting test over the 5G network on Sunday in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. The test was done by China Media Group (CMG), along with the country's telecom giant China Mobile (CMCC) and Huawei Technology.

A colorful “jingle truck' abruptly overturned after being overloaded in Pakistan.

This sickening footage of animal cruelty shows three men forcing an alcoholic beverage down a duck's throat. The viral video was allegedly filmed in China.

Iran's army said a cargo plane that crashed in Iran's Alborz province on Monday was a military plane and that 15 out of the 16 people on board had been killed, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Turkey sent a fresh deployment of military tanks and commandos to its southern Hatay province near Syrian border as part of Turkey's recent military reinforcements ahead of a possible counter-terrorism operation in northern Syria on Sunday.

A dog was rescued from an icy pond in the city of Lone Tree, 15 miles from Colorado, on Saturday (January 12). Video shows a firefighter dressed in a dry suit and attached to a safety rope crawling towards the dog. He is then seen assisting the canine up onto all-fours before both make the journey back over the thin layer of ice to safety.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Amman on Sunday (January 13) to hold talks with Jordan's King Abdullah. The leaders are expected to discuss the latest developments in the region, including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Egyptian media said.

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday (January 13) that exiting the European Union without a deal would be 'catastrophic' and he would prefer an agreement is reached rather than a second referendum held.