To allow full excavation of the historic house in Turkey of St. Nicholas -- also known as Santa Claus -- the state must assume control of local land around the site, according to the chief historian on duty.

Watch as this adorable toddler helps his dad navigate through the crowds.

Ryanair is bracing for mass travel disruptions on Friday as pilots across Europe begin a coordinated 24-hour strike to push their demands for better pay and conditions at the peak of the busy summer season.The airline said 396 flights have been cancelled as a result, forcing passengers who planned to travel on Friday to rebook or take different routes. Ryanair planes have a capacity of 189, meaning more than 74,000 passengers could be affected.

The Phrygia valley and Emre Lake in the Afyonkarahisar province, which is listed in UNESCO's tentative world heritage, covers 506 kilometers from Ankara's Gordion through Eskisehir, Kutahya, and Afyonkarahisar provinces. According to UNESCO, Phrygia is a civilization which existed in the eighth century and dominated central Anatolia from the Mediterranean Sea at the south and Black Sea at north. There is also a 506 kilometer-long walking and cycling road (Phrygian Road) on the site which was con...

Muslim worshippers circle around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday.

Various aerial shots from Ardesen and Findikli districts affected by flood after heavy rains on August 09, 2018 in Turkey's northeastern province of Rize.

Bolivia inaugurated its new government house in La Paz on Thursday.

Akdamar Church, a 10th century Armenian church, is eyeing the UNESCO World Heritage list. Akdamar Church, located in Akdamar Island in Van Lake, was constructed by architect bishop Manuel between 915 and 921 A.D.

A persistent heat wave has dried many rivers in Germany recently, exposing dangerous World War II munitions.

U.S. cops in Portland used brute force in their crackdown against an anti-racism demonstration protesting an Islamophobic attack during which cops stood idly by. However, a racist demonstration being held at the same time by far-right groups was allowed to continue without the slightest intervention from the police.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy has forced a consumer-electronics manufacturing factory in South Carolina to shut down. Element Electronics, a company aiming to bring the world's best technology home to Winnsboro in South Carolina, can't afford to assemble TVs at this site because Trump's tariffs have made imported Chinese components too expensive. It planned to close, laying off 126 employees and maintaining just a skeleton staff.

Hui Muslims of China are protesting the plan of Chinese authorities to demolish the Tongxin Great Mosque, the largest in the country. Nevertheless, the demolition is proceeding as planned.

Thousands of Venezuelans overwhelmed the Ecuadorean-Colombian border high in the Andean mountains on Thursday, as fears of border closings led to a sudden surge in migrants from the ravaged OPEC-member country. Impoverished Venezuelans are fleeing food shortages, hyperinflation, and violent crime in their homeland, often taking days-long bus rides across South America because they cannot afford flights.

At least 18 Palestinians were injured Thursday by an Israeli airstrike that targeted a cultural center west of Gaza City, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

This ant is holding a small diamond in its mouth, trying to make a run for it.

Shocking footage shows the graphic moment a most unlucky woman was run over by a cement truck after falling from her motorcycle on the side of a busy road. The woman miraculously survived the dreadful accident after onlookers managed to rush her to the hospital on time.

A bull escaped from a city slaughter house, officially opened for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, and eluded officers for more than 3 hours in the northern Tokat province of Turkey on Thursday.

Palestinians attend funeral ceremony of the pregnant woman and her 18-month-old child who were killed by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza Strip, on August 09, 2018. At least three Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday.

A German man over 70 converts to Islam on his deathbed with the help of his Muslim son who helped him utter the Muslim proclamation of faith.

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay speak to reporters during a press conference in Ordu, Turkey on August 09, 2018. - Vice President Fuat Oktay says no casualties have so far been reportedBy Mehmet TosunORDU, Turkey (AA) - Flash floods caused by heavy rains that hit Turkey's northern Ordu province damaged 66 houses and 264 shops, the country's vice president said on Thursday.