housands of people attended a dawn vigil Friday in Northern Cyprus to mark the 44th anniversary of Turkey's military operation to protect the island's Turkish population. Friday marks July 20 Peace and Freedom Day in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which commemorates Turkey's 'Operation Atilla' – a huge military intervention to protect Turkish Cypriots from inter-communal violence which struck the island in 1974.

Torrential rain hit Bayannur City on Wednesday night and the local meteorological authority has issued a red alert on possible rainstorm in the region. Meanwhile, the local municipal government has started an emergency response program for coping with possible further floods.

At least 11 people including children drowned when an amphibious "duck boat" carrying 31 people capsized and sank in stormy weather on a lake in Missouri on Thursday. Divers will resume searching for other victims on Friday, police said.

Eight-year-old Syrian girl Rayyan Qasim, who lost an arm and the ability to walk in the regime airstrike near Syria's northwestern Aleppo province in 2016, has taken her first steps after 20 months thanks to her treatment in Turkey.

A total of 309 undocumented migrants -- including Afghan, Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals -- were rounded up in Ipekyolu district of eastern Van province after they attempted to illegally enter Turkey, on July 19, 2018.

Footage shows the scary moment a mad BMW driver ran over two pedestrians in Texas following an altercation that erupted over an alleged theft, which led the men on a highway chase before getting into a fight with the man at a gas station.

The evacuation of civilians from the Shia-majority villages of Fuah and Kafriya in Syria's northwestern Idlib province is now underway after a deal was reached between Iran and Syrian armed opposition groups. Under the terms of the agreement, the evacuations will coincide with the release of opposition fighters captured earlier by the Assad regime.

Premature baby penguin

A passenger aboard the ill-fated Convair CV-340 flight from South Africa captured the terrifying moment the plane's engine caught on fire shortly after takeoff as the plane quickly crashed, killing two people onboard.

An unlucky Chinese worker met his end in the worst way imaginable after getting crushed under the weight of a dump truck being lifted by a crane. The cable broke as the truck was directly above the man.

Video shows various shots from construction of the Taksim Mosque in the heart of Istanbul's Taksim Square. First minaret of the mosque is erected.

The inspirational life of South Africa's symbol of resistance Nelson Mandela and his struggle against racism are once again commemorated on the centenary of his birth.

Surveillance footage captured the scary moment a mother and her two children were run over multiple times by a reckless driver in Turkey's Sancaktepe. Bystanders ran to the family's rescue and fortunately all three survived with minor injuries.

Drone footage shows the moment the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s logistics head Hasan Çakmak was “neutralized" in July 13 airstrikes in northern Iraq. Çakmak, who was also known by his code name Delil Karakocan, was one of the three terrorists killed in the airstrikes, according to a statement by Turkish General Staff.

Aerial footage shared by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) on Thursday shows the moment a munitions depot that belonged to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was targeted and destroyed in the aftermath of an airstrike carried out by Turkish jets in northern Iraq.

Palestinians demonstrate in support of bedouin residents near their village of Khan al-Ahmar, after Israeli authorities decided to destroy the houses of Palestinian bedouins in Khan al-Ahmar region of Jerusalem on July 16, 2018.

Tearful reunion between a Guatemalan family after the mother-daughter were separated under Trump's "Zero Tolerance" policy.

The young Thai footballers who were saved after 18 days trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai recounted the details of their remarkable rescue at a press conference on Wednesday evening, following their release from hospital earlier that day.

At least 10 people were injured in four bombings in Iraq's oil-rich city of Kirkuk, police sources said on Wednesday.

Israel sentenced a Palestinian worker of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Mohamed Mourtaja to nine years in prison. He has been held at the Nafha Prison since February 2017. The father of four was the TİKA representative in the blockaded Gaza Strip since 2012.