At least 52 people were injured, but there were no fatalities, on Wednesday after a passenger plane skidded off a runway and caught fire during landing at an Istanbul airport. Istanbul Governor, Ali Yerlikaya, said that the injured 52 people had been taken to the hospital and that evacuations were ongoing. Broadcast footage showed the […]

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli troops on Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron, the first Palestinian killed in protests against US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan. The Israel army said troops responded to a “violent” rioter armed with a Molotov cocktail. Hebron, a traditional hotspot in the occupied […]

As President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was seen ripping up a copy of the President’s speech. .@SpeakerPelosi tears up of State of the Union speech.#SOTU #SOTU2020 pic.twitter.com/sIpi4G7KsL — CSPAN (@cspan) February 5, 2020 Asked immediately after Trump’s speech why she tore […]

  A plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport overran the runway and crashed on Wednesday, Hurriyet daily said. According to Reuters, footage on Turkish media showed the plane’s broken fuselage, and some passengers being evacuated. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Broadcaster NTV said the plane had taken off from the western province […]

At least 20 people have been killed after two avalanches struck in Turkey. Many are feared to have been buried under the snow, while eight rescue workers have also died in Van, a mayor said. According to Metro UK, the emergency services were called to a highway near the mountain-surrounded town of Bahcesehir, in Van […]