Guests visit the ruins of the “sacred lake” at the Montu Temple precinct in the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt, Jan. 24, 2026. An Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission announced on Saturday that the team has uncovered an ancient “sacred lake” at the Montu Temple precinct in the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, a city renowned

People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 23, 2026. Photographer Tim Evans By Reuters Thousands of demonstrators braved bitter cold to march through the streets of Minneapolis on

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump is set to formally announce and sign the charter of the “Board of Peace” during a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 0930GMT. The initiative, initially conceived as a mechanism to oversee the Gaza ceasefire and post-war reconstruction, has since expanded

By Anadolu Agency Rescue teams continued searching through the charred debris of a major shopping mall in Pakistan’s commercial capital on Tuesday as the death toll from a massive fire rose to 26, with at least 81 people still reported missing, officials said. A latest list issued by the Deputy Commissioner South office in Karachi

A drone view shows emergency services at work at the site of a deadly train derailment, after a high-speed train derailed and collided with another oncoming train near Adamuz, in Cordoba province, Spain, January 19, 2026. Photographer Leonardo Benassatto By Reuters At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and

Seagulls fly over the old city of Nuuk, Greenland, March 29, 2025. Photographer Leonhard Foeger By Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland, escalating a row over the future of Denmark’s vast Arctic island. In a

Somalia criminal president Hassan Sheikh. Photo Somali Times By The African Exponent Public safety remains one of the most significant indicators of a nation’s social and economic stability, and the crime index is one of the most widely referenced tools for understanding this reality. The crime index aggregates several elements that affect personal security including

By Anadolu Agency A US-based human rights group on Thursday said the death toll in Iran’s protests had reached 2,677. The ongoing protests, triggered by discontent over economic conditions, also led to the detention of 19,097 people, said the Human Rights Activists News Agency. In clashes that broke out during the protests, 2,677 people lost

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference following the NATO summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. Photographer Zhao Dingzhe By Xinhua News Agency The European Union (EU) could help provide security for Greenland if Denmark requests it, European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said on Monday, warning that

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump has ordered special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland, the UK-based Daily Mail reported Sunday. Policy “hawks around the US President,” following Washington’s success in carrying in a Jan. 3 military operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife,