Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestation in generations. A lack of expertise in controlling the pests is not their only problem: Kenya temporarily ran out of pesticides, Ethiopia needs more planes and Somalia and Yemen, torn by civil war, can't guarantee exterminators' safety. Locust swarms have been recorded in the region since biblical times, but unusual weather patterns exacerbated b...

Indonesia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia to allow its citizens to continue their Umrah pilgrimage after hundreds were stranded at Jakarta airport when the kingdom suspended foreign entry for the Umrah over coronavirus concerns.

Trains, subways and cafes were seen running half empty at rush hour in Milan in northern Italy, epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe.

The shocking viral video shared by Twitter user, ZaidZamanHamid, reportedly shows two Indian security forces in military camouflage uniform trying to destroy CCTV cameras in New Delhi using sticks, in an alleged attempt to hide crimes committed against the Muslim minority during India's violent crackdown on protesters.

A video widely circulated on social media reportedly shows a Hindu mob trying to rip the crescent from the top of a minaret and placing a Hanuman flag in the Indian capital on Tuesday. Several Muslim-populated areas in the city were attacked during three days of violence. The death toll from protests against India's controversial new citizenship law in the capital New Delhi reached at least 20 people Wednesday, including a policeman, as demonstrations continued for a fourth day, with four new de...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday after a ceremony at the Zagulba Palace in Baku.

A plane from Iran has diverted from Istanbul, its destination, to land in Ankara, Turkey's capital, due to the presence of 17 people possibly infected with coronavirus on board. The Turkish Airlines flight from Tehran, with 132 passengers on board, landed at Ankara's Esenboga Airport Tuesday at 10.29 a.m. (0729GMT). Passengers from the flight have been taken in for preliminary health exams by the Ankara Health Directorate and Health Ministry officials.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to visit Azerbaijan on Tuesday.

NATO's 'Dynamic Manta-2020' drill kicked off on Monday on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The drill began with the participation of nine allied nations, including Turkey, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.

Russian warplanes target residential areas in Syria's Idlib de-escalation on February 24, 2020. At least five civilians were killed on Monday in the attacks, according to The White Helmets.

All incoming flights to Spain's Canary Islands were diverted on Sunday, airport operator AENA said, after a sandstorm from the Sahara hit the archipelago, coating the islands with orange dust and limiting visibility.

A 42-year old woman was caught on camera appearing to escape from a waiting room at the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio, U.S. She tried to escape from jail by climbing through the ceiling but ended up landing head-first in a trash can on Jan. 21.

A mother from northwestern Turkey on Monday reunited with her son, who was kidnapped by the YPG/PKK terror group five years ago. He surrendered to Turkish security forces. Muhteber Birlik was one of the mothers who joined an ongoing sit-in in the southeastern Diyarbakir province.

Nearly ten thousand people hold flags and banners during a protest against the racist attack of the far-right extremist who killed nine migrants, 4 of which with Turkish roots, in a shooting spree in Germany's western town of Hanau, on February 23, 2020 near Frankfurt, in Berlin, Germany.

Fishermen dig holes in the ice to catch fish on the frozen Lake Nazik in Ahlat district of Turkey's southeastern Bitlis province on February 24, 2020. Interviews with fishermen Caner Kardogan and Omer Ayaz on Monday.

Football fans pretended to fight each other to celebrate the birthday of a police officer on February 15, 2020 in Turkey's western Afyonkarahisar province. On February 15, Afjet Afyonspor and 1922 Konyaspor had a match at Zafer Stadium in the province. At half time home team supporters pretended to fight each other to to draw the attention of a police officer so they could give him a birthday surprise. When the policeman, Engin Cakin arrived to disperse the supporters, they turned the mock incid...

Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in western India to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday as he began his first official visit to the country at a time when relations that have been buffeted by a trade dispute.

Israeli fighter jets struck targets in the northern Gaza Strip late Sunday, wounding four Palestinians.

Families' sit-in protest on February 22, 2020 in front of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) office in Turkey's southeastern Diyarbakir province continues as they hope to reunite with their children kidnapped by the YPG/PKK terror group. The sit-in protests outside the offices of the Peoples' Democratic Party, a political party accused by Turkey of having links to the terrorist YPG/PKK, have been going on for 169 day. In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as...

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man for allegedly attempting to stab police personnel in Jerusalem, according to local media. No injuries were reported among police officers in the incident that took place near the Lions' Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Israeli television, however, said a female settler was injured by shrapnel from Israeli gunfire.