After conducting a helicopter sweep over an empty parcel of land in Istanbul’s Buyukcekmece district, police started digging up the ground with excavators. Authorities are yet to release a statement on the “mysterious excavation.”

A cow was rescued with a digger after it fell into a sewer pit in southern Turkey, and promptly delivered to its owner.

A youth was scared out of his wits when he found himself being chased by a pig in Turkey’s northern Giresun province that he hurled himself atop a nearby vehicle in hopes of saving his neck.

This regal horse had the time of its life as it played and rolled around in the snow in Turkey’s northern Tokat province.

The mineral-rich thermal springs, which reach 50 degrees Celsius, on Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan, or the Mountains of Heaven, boast magnificent healing powers, providing relief to people with bone, stomach, and skin problems, to name just a few.

Part of a crucial expressway collapsed over an under-construction metro tunnel in Brazil’s Sao Paulo on Tuesday. Fortunately, no casualties were reported, and only two workers were treated for contact with dirty water that gushed into the construction site.

A British Airways aircraft almost flipped over Monday due to strong winds caused by Storm Carrie as the tail of the plane struck the tarmac at Heathrow Airport.

Japanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Iwai Fumio, who is fluent in Arabic, recited Al-Fatiha, the first surah of the holy Quran, during a television program he attended, garnering praise by Muslims worldwide.

80-year-old Safinaz Günesen had the time of her life sledding down the slopes with people more than half her age, as she reminisced about her childhood in Turkey’s northern Düzce province.

Footage released by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense showed Turkish officers in Baku as they participated in the training of Azerbaijani commandos, who honed their practical and military skills during the exercises.

Municipality workers in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province rescued a dog that had been left to die after unidentified perpetrators tied its paws with electrical wire.

Streets in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kagıthane turned into flowing rivers after a water pipe burst nearby. Teams cordoned off the area shortly afterwards and began efforts to solve the problem.

Terrifying footage shows the moment a mother in Uzbek capital Tashkent dropped her 3-year-old daughter into the enclosure of a bear named “Zuzu.” Fortunately, Zuzu did not make bear meat out of the toddler as a team of six got her out in time.

Dozens of raging relatives attacked hospital staff in Turkey’s southern Gaziantep province, claiming that an ambulance arrived late to collect their kin. The fight broke up when security guards and police officers arrived on the scene.

A gorgeous snowfall in Turkey’s central province of Sivas adorned mosques and historical buildings with a sheen of white dust, giving off an ethereal hue.

The Istanbul Governorate hosted 755 homeless people in Istanbul at hotels during the city’s recent cold spell as snow plagued the city and temperatures dropped below zero.

Heartwarming footage revealed the moments a dog owner took their canine sledding in Turkey’s snow-covered Istanbul.

Four people were swallowed by a landslide when heavy showers hit Brazil’s Franco da Rocha municipality of São Paulo. However, they were fortunately rescued by emergency teams.

A China Airlines Cargo jet skidded down an icy runway on Saturday at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Saturday, slamming into cargo bins as a storm hovered over New England.

Waterfalls, lakes, and streams froze over in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzincan, where nightly temperatures dropped below -29 degrees Celsius.