Fog enveloped the roads and Bosporus in the historic city of Istanbul on Monday morning as traffic intensity reached 45 percent with employees and students scrambling to get to work and school.

Muslims performed a prayer of gratitude in Shusha on the first anniversary of the liberation of Karabakh, which ended the nearly 30-year occupation of Armenia and saw the return of exiled Azerbaijanis to their ancestral lands.

Shocking footage shows the moment a violent explosion rocked a cafe in Kazakhstan’s Aktau, destroying part of the two-story building where the cafe is located. Kazakh police quickly cordoned off the scene, closing it to vehicle and pedestrian traffic, while no loss of life has been reported so far.

Footage shows the devastating aftermath of heavy rains that flooded the streets of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Indian meteorologists say that the city has received its heaviest recorded rainfall in a 24-hour period since 2015.

As residents flee La Palma, tourists are flocking to the Spanish islands of Canarias to see the Cumbre Vieja volcano. Footage shows some visitors eagerly grabbing their cellphone cameras, hoping to capture images of the smoke and lava. La Palma has become a popular tourist destination since the devastating volcanic eruption began in September.

The Turkish-made high-altitude long-range air defense missile Siper, which is planned to enter the inventory of the Turkish Army in 2023, has successfully passed its firing test.

A group of masked gunmen launched an assault on the vehicles of students and employees at the entrance of Al-Quds University in Palestine. Classes were suspended as an announcement was made that the attackers would be punished.

It seems that humanity is not dead after all; it’s just suffering from major cracks in the surface. Footage from Turkey's Bursa province shows the extraordinary moments a delivery boy ran into an old man who suddenly jumped into the road, knocking him down before the duo were locked in a reconciliatory embrace.

Mexican fisherman Adán Arana of San Carlos requested to be buried with the truck his son had gifted him because he did not have time to savor it due to his illness. So when he died, his last wish was granted and Arana was buried in a six-foot grave with his most prized possession. Guess one can take it to the grave, after all.

Those affected by forest fires and floods held a protest in the Greek capital Athens on Saturday, calling for urgent climate action as well as compensation for their losses.Agriculturists, environmentalists and firefighters, and those hit by the natural disasters began their protest from the central Sintagma Square and walked toward the parliament building.

At least 92 people were killed and over 100 injured after an fuel tanker exploded off the capital of Sierra Leone, officials and the central mortuary confirmed on Saturday, a day after the incident.

A thick blanket of fog shrouded Turkey's metropolitan city of Istanbul on Saturday, causing travel chaos due to poor visibility.

Various shots show workers at a shipyard in Turkey's İzmir as they manufacture patrol boats that will be delivered to the Albanian coastguard.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen playing basketball with a group of youths at an inauguration event for a public park in Istanbul’s Ümraniye district on Friday.

Worshippers returned to mosques to perform the first Friday prayers in Melbourne, Australia after the world’s "most locked-down city" lifted its latest round of restrictions last week. Hundreds of Muslims who came to the Thomastown Mosque in Melbourne and had a double dose of the COVID-19 vaccine performed Friday prayers inside while those who have not been inoculated performed prayers outside.

Two Chelonia mydas and three caretta caretta who had either been injured or sick were released to the water after receiving treatment in Turkey's southern Hatay province. The five sea turtles were restored into full health by experts in six months.

Since his elderly owner passed away last week, this loyal dog in Turkey's Black Sea region has been regularly visiting his master’s graveside.

A group of Brazilian passengers vandalized the Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo after their flight was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.

Glasgow’s Central Mosque will go one of the greenest mosques across the world, thanks to a Greenpeace and Islamic Relief joint project, the mosque said Thursday.Speaking to Anadolu Agency as the COP26 continues in the city, the mosque’s General Secretary Irfan Rezzaq said the mosque is one of those selected in this environmentalist project and other iconic mosques include Masjid-i Haram, Masjid-I Al Nabi, and Masjid-i Al-Aqsa.

Surveillance footage shows the shocking moment a disgruntled customer in Istanbul’s Esenyurt flew into a fit of rage and pulled out his gun upon learning the price of a phone he wanted. The unhinged man then proceeded to fire the weapon because he thought the shop owner was asking for too much.