Counterterrorism operations targeted 118 FETÖ cells in Turkey's İzmir. A total of 72 FETÖ members were remanded.

The Kasirga missile, which is in Turkish Army's inventory, has been upgraded. This missile can now move as a guided missile and its range was boosted to 120 kilometers (74.5 miles).

An Atlas 5 rocket soared into space early on Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying NASA's first robotic lander designed for exploring the deep interior of another planet on its voyage to Mars. The Mars InSight probe lifted off from the central California coast at 4:05 a.m.PDT, treating early-rising residents across a wide swath of the state to the luminous pre-dawn spectacle of the first U.S. interplanetary spacecraft to be launched over the Pacific.

Wild giant pandas have been frequently caught on camera in a nature reserve in Longnan City, northwest China's Gansu Province, proving that the area is a major habitat for China's wild giant panda population. The footages show that the giant panda cubs followed their mothers closely and practiced their foraging skills. Employees also found other rare wild animals including snub-nosed monkey, takin, Asian golden cat and red tragopan from the footages.

At least 16 miners died on Saturday and more than a dozen others remained trapped after an explosion in a coalmine in southwest Pakistan. The blast in the Marwar coalfields in Baluchistan province was caused by a build-up of methane gas inside the mine, Director of Disaster Management Attaullah Khan said.

A new 105-millimeter lightweight towed howitzer weapon system, which will raise largely to the Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) logistical and tactical maneuverability, has been indigenously produced, Turkey's Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli announced on Saturday.

At least six people were wounded when heavy rain paralyzed the Turkish capital, flooding the streets and sending people swimming in Ankara

Social media is abuzz with this footage showing a vegetable seller at a local Turkish market as he shows his impressive skill for peeling artichokes at lightning pace!

Protesters used a slingshot to shoot down an Israeli drone with stones in Gaza on Friday during the latest in a series of protests near the border with Israel, east of Khan Younis.

Surveillance footage captured the horrifying moment a man walked into a shop after being stabbed by a driver over a parking dispute in Istanbul's Beykoz. The man can be seen collapsing to the ground before the assailant follows him inside and stabs him repeatedly, much to the shock of terrorized onlookers who attempted to interfere.

Will Lebanon's new elections pave the way for a sectarian-free future?

At least 127 people were killed as a powerful dust storm ravaged western and northern India on Wednesday night. Agra City of the worst affected state of Uttar Pradesh alone reported a death toll of 46.In a village of Agra, a family lost four children in the storm fury.

South Korea's civic group led by North Korean defector gathering at the inter-Korean border area to send anti.north Korean leaflets. Residents of border area protesting and scuffling with police.

Researchers in northwest China's Qinghai Province displayed for the first time on Tuesday a video footage of snow leopard in the Amne Machin Mountain eating a dead yak.

The US has returned some 3,800 artefacts to Iraq. The items were smuggled from Iraq and purchased by a US art retailer through dealers in the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

Harvest of books catches bibliophiles' eyes in Turkey20,000 books ripe for picking from trees publicize book fair in northwestern city of Kocaeli

The wave is created by a hydrofoil running up and down a 600-metre basin the size of seven football fields.

Israeli troops fired tear gas and live rounds at Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border on Friday during a long-running demonstration in which 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire since March 30.

An Iranian policeman tried to stop two Turks from dancing among a crowd in Tabriz, Iran. Watch as the crowd reacts and doesn't tolerate the policeman's behavior.

Palestinian protesters gather near the Gaza-Israel border ahead of protests on Friday during a long-running demonstration in which 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire since March 30.