A knife-wielding man, who reportedly has a history of mental ilness, has been arrested after he took two women hostage, who are now safe and sound, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Tuesday.

Turks were seen queueing up outside exchange offices in the capital Ankara as the lira gained ground against foreign currencies following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s announcement that revealed a slew of economic measures to fight high inflation and encourage lira-denominated savings.

Turkish security forces arrested a total of 13 people with suspected links to the Daesh terror group in the country’s southern Adana province, according to police.

A truck allegedly carrying close to 80 illegal migrants crashed into a house in the western Turkish province of Izmir.

Footage shows the spectacular moment a shepherd braved the snow with his flock in the central province of Turkey’s Sivas with winter finally coming to collect all debts.

A benevolent seamstress in Turkey’s western Afyonkarahisar province set out cardboard boxes on the floor for a shivering dog and laid out a blanket on top of the animal, as citizens lauded the heartwarming gesture.

Two Indonesian Muslims, Tjahja Gunawan and Muhammed Fuad, plan to travel for seven months on their bicycles across approximately 12,500 kilometers of land 750 kilometers of sea to get to the holy Muslim city of Mecca to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj.

New Yorkers braved hours in the cold as they waited in long lines in Manhattan to get tested for the highly transmissible and deadly coronavirus variant, Omicron.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov on the sidelines of the 17th extraordinary session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the simmering humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan on Sunday in Islamabad, Pakistan.

As Imam Ghazali who gained great fame with his books on Islamic sciences, mysticism, and philosophy was commemorated on the 910th anniversary of his death in many parts of the world, his burial place in Iran has been neglected. In the ancient ruins of Tus in northeastern Iran, a forlorn cemetery in a dusty field covered by a tin shed bears testimony to the devastation caused by the Mongols many centuries ago.

Londoners clashed with police as they protested measures taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has peaked once more with the emergence of the Omicron variant. A police officer was reportedly wounded after a protester threw a bottle in their face.

Footage shows the moment President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov examined the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones, which were branded as “killer” UAVs by Western media, after they were delivered to Kyrgyzstan following a deal between the two countries.

Turkey's new telecommunication satellite was launched Sunday by US aerospace company SpaceX at 6.59 a.m. Turkish time.Turksat 5B, which launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the US state of Florida, will reach 42 degrees East orbit in 164 days, then a 45-day test process will begin.

Footage shows the mind-boggling moment a mother dragged her daughter by her hair because the teenager refused to go back home, much to the shock of bystanders who tried to calm the mother down and defuse the tension.

The fairy chimneys blanketed with snow and fog dazzle tourists in Turkey's picturesque Cappadocia region. The region, located in Central Anatolia's Nevsehir province, is preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage site and famous with hot-air balloon tours.

A total of 5 suspects disguised as road construction workers stole underground fiber-optic cables worth nearly $9,150 in Turkey's Istanbul province. The suspects were taken into custody, according to reports.

Israeli forces battered a disabled man and a journalist during a demonstration against the forced eviction of Palestinian families in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, according to reports.

Heart-stopping footage captured the moment two teenagers managed to escape a deadly fire on the fourth floor of a New York City apartment by sliding down an exterior pole to safety below.

The 748th commemoration ceremony of Rumi was concluded Friday in Konya province of Turkey with dervishes, affiliated with the Mevlevi Order established by the followers of great Islamic scholar and philosopher, performing a mesmerizing whirling ritual.

“Okay, can someone please remove that spider?” asked Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath after being warned by a reporter that a massive spider had crawled on her leg during a Covid-19 press conference.