Five percent of the Holy Fire in California was contained on Wednesday in Lake Elsinore, local authorities said, as residents were told to evacuate.

Cathedral cat gets immortalised in stone

Turkey's northeastern Ordu province was battered by torrential floods after heavy downpour on August 08, leaving many of the region's streets drowning with rain water.

A graduation ceremony of Somali soldiers trained by Turkish officers was held at the Turkish military base in the Jaziira coastal area of Mogadishu on August 7. This year, it graduated 47 sergeants, 37 land forces and five naval forces. The base was formally opened on September 30, 2017, in a ceremony presided by Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.

Footage shows heavy fog descending on the Saudi town of al-Namas as commuters struggle to drive their cars after visibility drops under 15 meters.

With the help of friendly humans, this eagle finally flew off into the horizon.

Hiroshi Ishiguro, a Japanese professor, developed this child robot called Ibuki.

Watch as this cat surfs through the streets of Saudi Arabia atop a car.

Various shots of the tornado, passing close to a beach, in Istanbul's Karaburun shore on August 08, 2018.

Turkey's central Cappadocia region attracts visitors with its stunning natural and cultural landscapes. Göreme National Park, also known as the jewel of Cappadocia, is home to many churches, chapels, and shelters used during the early years of Christianity, as well as a dazzling array of the natural formations known as fairy chimneys.

Fictional Wakanda -a powerful African nation untouched by colonialism and rich with natural resources much like the DR Congo. If DR Congo hadn't been colonised could it have been a real-life Wakanda?

Jordan Taylor who is a employee at Rouses Markets, let Jack Edwards, a teen with autism stock up with him. His kind gesture was appreciated by Jack's family

Various aerial shots from Diyadin canyon located in Turkey's eastern Agri province on August 08, 2018.

The mesmerizing aerial view footage of the Historic City of Harput and Harput Castle shows the latest restorations in the Elazığ province of eastern Turkey. Cultural authorities have restored settlement areas that go back 4,000 years, including traces of the Hittites, Seljuk's, Urartians and others. The Historic City of Harput was added to the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage this year.

Hundreds of survivors and friends and families of the victims of the 1998 terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya gathered for the 20th anniversary commemoration of the attack on Tuesday. Rober Godec, the current U.S. ambassador to Kenya, was among those at the commemoration at the August 7th Memorial Park and Museum in the capital Nairobi.

Mexican coast guards were able to rescue an 18-meter-long fin whale that was stranded near a beach, and returned it to sea.

Local and foreign tourists visit the Rock-tombs of the Pontic Kings which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, in northern Amasya province of Turkey on August 07, 2018.

A 13th-century Turkish bath, or hammam, is being relocated to a new site to save it from flooding when a new dam opens in Turkey's southeastern Batman province. A 256-wheeler flatbed truck moved the 1,500-ton ancient Artuqid-era bath for six hours, starting at dawn, to a cultural park in the town of Hasankeyf in the Batman province. The bath was carried to some 3 kilometers away from its original spot. Hasankeyf was declared a conservation area in 1981. There are nearly 6,000 caves around the to...

The U.S. has announced that it will impose 25 percent tariffs on another 16 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Chinese goods starting August 23 and the final tariff list has been finalized, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Tuesday.

Various shots from graduation ceremony of Somali soldiers trained by Turkish officers at Turkish military base in the Jaziira coastal area of Mogadishu on August 07, 2018.