A devastating blaze swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh as thousands of Muslims were left homeless once more after hundreds of thousands had fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.

Train cars containing denatured alcohol caught fire early Saturday after the vehicle derailed near the Texas-Oklahoma border as fire crews were dispatched to the scene, authorities reported. After being closed in both directions, the highway was reopened late Saturday afternoon.

The total number of people detained in Kazakhstan since the violent protests began last week has risen to 5,135, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday.In a statement, the ministry said more than 1,300 security personnel have been injured while protecting the public order.

Thousands of people marched on Sunday in eastern Turkey to honor fallen Ottoman soldiers who fought in the Battle of Sarikamis during World War I. Tens of thousands of Ottoman soldiers, led by Enver Pasha, died during the the battle that lasted from from December 1914 to January 1915, when they launched an attack in the eastern province of Kars to liberate Ottoman territories from Russian occupation.

The death toll from heavy snow in a famous hill station near Pakistan’s capital Islamabad rose to 23, as rescue workers backed by army troops struggled overnight to scrap snow off the roads, officials said on Sunday.Massive snowfall over the past three days buried Murree, a scenic hill station located some 65 Kilometers (40 miles) off Islamabad, and its adjoining valleys under a thick layer of snow, blocking roads, knocking off power, and sending panicked tourists scurrying for shelter.

Police checkpoints have been set up at all entrances and exits of Nur Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan. In the capital, security measures have been increased due to the "high danger alert" declared throughout the country. All official government buildings and social facilities, especially the Presidential Palace Akorda in Nur Sultan have been guarded day and night by special operations soldiers.

Archeologists have unearthed several sarcophagi and historical artifacts from the ancient Roman era during excavations in Ordu on the Black Sea coast of Turkey.

Various shots from frost on trees and snow-covered fields during extreme winter weather at Gurpinar district of Van, Turkiye on January 06, 2022.

A man went to great lengths to disguise himself as he marched down the street to attack his neighbor, with a hammer no less! The suspect, who was captured on camera leaving the scene of the crime, was later apprehended by authorities in Turkey's Istanbul.

A Caspian Airlines flight veered off the runway in Iran’s Isfahan during landing after one of the aircraft’s gears collapsed mid-touchdown. Five of the 110 passengers were slightly injured when they were forced to evacuate with emergency slides.

A hungry wolf foraging in the bitter cold in eastern Turkey’s Erzurum province, where evening temperatures reached -17 degrees Celsius, froze to death mid-search.

A stray dog attempted to take a chunk out of a man sweeping the ground in front of his shop in Turkey’s western Bursa province.

An Indian woman by the name of Srruthi Lekha, who is a UN employee (according to her Twitter bio), wanted to return two cartons of milk that had given her a stomachache after she had bought them from the supermarket chain Kaufland in Germany’s Magdeburg. After she went back to the store with her acquaintance to relay the matter, the store employee reimbursed them for their purchase. However, this did not satisfy Lekha and she argued that she should be compensated for her illness too. Following a...

A video circulating on social media purported to show provocateurs distributing weapons to protesters demonstrating against fuel hikes in Kazakhstan from a plateless car as the country spirals into chaos.

A waddle of African penguins, otherwise known as Jackass Penguins, gulped down several sardines, one after the other, as they enjoyed a spot of lunch at the Bursa Zoo in western Turkey.

A sneaky female thief followed a woman and her companion as they were walking down a street in Turkey’s populous city of Istanbul, quickly swiping her cell phone and even stopping the duo to ask them for directions in an audacious move.

A mock boxing match between a dog and a bus driver in the Turkish capital Ankara delighted social media users with its playful exchange.

A shameless thief made away with a donation box when he entered a shop selling an assortment of pastries in Turkey’s metropolis Istanbul on the pretext of buying juice. When the store clerk turned around to give the man his change, he swiftly swiped the money and left as calm as a cucumber.

A beggar pretending to have a disability as he dragged his feet on the ground in Turkey's southern Gaziantep province was caught red-handed by inspectors, and the fraudulent man suddenly regained control of his limbs and got up right as rain!

A suspected drug dealer dropped 56 grams of heroin he had wrapped in a face mask on the ground in hopes of evading arrest during a police inspection in Turkey’s Istanbul. The suspect was detained after he attempted to make a run for it and charged with “the sale and production of narcotics.”