6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (397+ words) Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back first. The unmanned Martian Moons…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (281+ words) Iran’s economic problems have worsened since the start of the war with the U.S. and Israel, due to declining oil revenues and the destruction of factories, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said. In remarks carried by Iranian media on Aug. 15, Pezeshkian…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (615+ words) Hundreds of drones targeted Moscow on Aug. 16 as Russia launched missile strikes that killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, officials on the two sides said. Amid the intense hostilities, three people…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (331+ words) Emergency services attend the scene after a bus went off the road. A Polish bus overturned on a Hungarian highway early on Aug. 16, killing 12 people and leaving at least 10 with serious injuries, Prime Minister Peter Magyar and officials said. The…...

8+ hour, 33+ min ago   (280+ words) Prime office rents in Istanbul increased by 13 percent year over year, reaching $52 per square meter per month, according to a Cushman & Wakefield’s report. Persistently low vacancy rates in the Central Business District (CBD) and the limited supply of prime office…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (346+ words) Starting in November 2026, Chengdu will become Turkish Airlines’ fourth destination in China after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Turkish Airlines (THY) will launch scheduled flights to Chengdu, one of China’s key economic, technology and tourism centers, on Nov. 11. Chengdu will become…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (215+ words) A Turkish minibus taking a family to an engagement party overturned on Aug. 15, killing seven people, including two children, and injuring several others, authorities said. The governor's office said on X that two people had died at the scene of…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago   (354+ words) Help started arriving on Aug. 16 for thousands of evacuees on Indonesia’s Flores Island after a powerful earthquake killed 48 people, injured dozens and damaged hundreds of houses and buildings. Some 5,000 people fled their homes as the 7.7-magnitude quake hit the island…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (691+ words) A convoy of Taliban security personnel is seen near the former U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Aug. 15, 2026 as they celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Taliban government's return to power. (AFP) The Taliban government celebrated five years of ruling Afghanistan on…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (368+ words) Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, with Moscow saying it struck military-related facilities and vessels in Odesa, Pivdennyi and Izmail. The Russian Defense Ministry said long-range drones hit a fuel depot at Pivdennyi and a patrol…...