An assailant entered a cafe and fired six shots at a Muslim female employee in southern Germany, in a suspected Islamophobic attack. A dramatic video footage released on Tuesday captured the moment when the man entered the cafe and immediately started shooting at the employee who was wearing a headscarf.

A fierce California wildfire crept toward the boundary of Yosemite National Park on Tuesday as crews fought through steep, often inaccessible terrain and thick smoke to protect a string of small mountain communities in the path of the flames.

Trump stunned the world by shying away from criticizing the Russian leader for Moscow's actions to undermine the election and cast doubt on U.S. intelligence agencies, prompting calls by some U.S. lawmakers for tougher sanctions and other actions to punish Russia.

Turkish police seized 14 kilograms of heroin hidden in the spare tire of a van in the eastern Van province on Tuesday, according to a statement from local police.

South Africa is the only country to have built nuclear weapons and then destroy them.

A young Kyrgyz girl barely escaped a deadly encounter with a huge eagle after getting caught between the jaws of the bird of prey on an open field. Hearing the girl's cries of distress from afar, a man came to her rescue and wrestled her from the clutch of the large carnivorous bird.

The Egyptian authorities on July 17, 2018 reportedly closed the Rafah border crossing, which links the blockaded Gaza Strip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, “until further notice”. “The Egyptian authorities informed us that, as of Tuesday, the crossing would remain closed until further notice,” the Palestinian media office at the crossing said in a statement.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed hundreds of thousands from the July 15 Martyrs Bridge on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of the treacherous coup attempt which was perpetrated by Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETÖ). Erdoğan praised courage and resistance the Turkish nation showed on the night of the coup.

Indonesian pilgrims leave country for annual hajj pilgrimage to holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Some cats in Turkey not only get to live their nine lives, but now they also get to swim in their own specially-designed pools in summertime, in Van eastern province of Turkey. The Turkish Van cats, who are known for their odd-eyes and their fluffy white hair, are the lucky feline species in the country get an opportunity to swim in three pools specifically designed for their needs. The Turkish Van Cat Research Center, which comes under the Yuzuncu Yil University in eastern Van province, build t...

Turkey's T-129 ATAK helicopter put on a stunning performance at the Farnborough Airshow. The T129 features an aluminum alloy frame fitted to a five-bladed main rotor, a two-bladed tail rotor and wheeled landing gear. Designed to operate in hot conditions, the T-129 can be deployed in a wide range of operations including attack, reconnaissance and deterrent missions.

Dozens of people walked on Tuesday from Syrian refugee encampments on the Golan Heights to Israel's nearby frontier fence, where they stopped some 200 metres (yards) away and were ordered by an Israeli soldier to turn back.

Various shots from some autistic and developmentally challenged Indonesian children playing with dolphins on July 17, 2018 in Jakarta as part of a therapy to help on their development.

These children in Gaza were recording themselves when Israeli warplanes launched air strikes nearby.

As a 19-mile (30-km) bridge between Hong Kong and China across the Pearl River estuary readies for completion, marine experts say the Chinese territory's rare white dolphins are fighting for survival.

An intense heatwave killed at least 14 people over a three-day long weekend in Japan, media reported on Tuesday, and high temperatures hampered the recovery in flood-hit areas where more than 200 people died last week.

More than 300,000 Croats in red and white chequered shirts and scarves poured onto the streets of the capital Zagreb on Monday to welcome home the national soccer team after their run all the way to the final at the World Cup in Russia. Despite losing to France in Moscow on Sunday, Croatia achieved its best-ever World Cup result, surpassing the third place won 20 years ago at the World Cup in France.

A hungry elephant in India did not ask for permission when it raided a bus to look for food, extending its trunk to grab food from passengers.

An unstable man pulled out a machete on a bus driver in the Turkish province of Malatya following an altercation. Waving the giant knife around menacingly, the man gets off the bus leaving the driver with light injuries.

Crowds of people welcome their national football team which won the World Cup final against Croatia in Moscow, Russia on Sunday.