An Israeli runner was caught on camera making an aggressive gesture before the Men’s 4×100 m Relay Final at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.

The athlete and his team went on to finish the event in last place

Bystanders filmed immigration agents detaining people during operations at a Home Depot and a car wash in California, on Friday, August 15 — part of ongoing mass workplace raids across the region.

The raids come amid a landmark trial examining whether President Trump overstepped his authority by deploying 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to the city, despite intelligence showing little threat from the targeted civilians and against Governor Gavin Newsom’s wishes. The trial will determine whether the deployments violated a 19th-century law barring the military from domestic law enforcement.

Putin and Trump seen having cheerful chat after Ukraine talks

At least five people were killed and 117 were injured after a blast at a gunpowder workshop in the Elastic synthetic fiber plant in Shilovsky district, Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow on August 15

At the Ukraine peace summit in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin said there would have been “no war” with Ukraine if Donald Trump had been US president in 2022

During the Ukraine peace summit in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin switched to English to invite Trump to meet “next time in Moscow”

Talks in Alaska between Putin and Trump went "remarkably" well, Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev says on Russian state television, as leaders of Russia and US prepare for a joint press conference

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#BREAKING First round of talks between Trump, Putin concludes, Kremlin confirms

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be seen sharing a laugh while en route to a summit meeting in Alaska on August 15

US President Trump and Russia's President Putin begin their meeting in Alaska

In Alaska, US President Trump and Russian President Putin shake hands warmly on tarmac before their summit on Russia-Ukraine war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Alaska for negotiations with the United States on the Russia–Ukraine conflict, wearing a t-shirt bearing the inscription “USSR.”

In a humanitarian airdrop mission, TRT exclusively documents Israel's destruction of Gaza, where entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble.

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Israeli forces targeted residential buildings in Gaza's Al Zaytoun neighbourhood, on August 14.

Footage shows Washington, DC police officers surrounding a homeless, wheelchair-bound man with all four limbs amputated.

The man, under arrest, sits with a bag placed over his head.

An Instagram photo is circulating online, allegedly posted by an Israeli soldier in Gaza from one of the US-Israeli controlled aid distribution sites, dubbed as death traps, showing him aiming a sniper rifle at starving Palestinians seeking aid

Alaska Summit: Will US President Donald Trump succeed in brokering a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine?

Israeli soldiers interrupted a National Security Committee meeting on August 13, urging Knesset members to address a reported surge in troop suicides linked to the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

Drone footage captured the aftermath of a fire at a vehicle evacuation site near the city of Patras, where a forest fire destroyed hundreds of cars.

In 2024, 8.2% of the global population — around 673 million people— went hungry, with food insecurity surging worldwide, driven by conflicts, extreme weather and economic shocks.

Here’s a look at the world’s hunger hotspots

Israel’s ban on over 70,000 Palestinian workers is part of its broader policy of collective punishment amid its war on Gaza.

Meanwhile, under a government agreement signed in late 2023, tens of thousands of Indian workers have been sent to replace them in Israel

Pro-Palestinian activists, gathered to highlight Israel’s targeted killings of journalists in Gaza – including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al Sharif and his entire team – were brutally assaulted, including a police officer violently slamming a protester’s head against an S-Bahn train door in Berlin.

Newly obtained footage from March 2024 shows Israeli drone units stalking and killing unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, as Israeli soldiers celebrate the attacks.

Berlin police violently detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators protesting the targeted killing of six journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces, on August 11.

“I was suspended for stating genocide.”

X’s own AI chatbot Grok was suspended after calling Israel’s war on Palestine’s Gaza a genocide. On its return, the bot doubled down, pointing again to International Court of Justice rulings, UN statements, and rights group reports.

Dash cam footage captured a dramatic lightning strike along a highway in South Carolina, US, bringing down wires, cutting power, and causing traffic delays on August 11. No injuries were reported.

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From north to south Gaza — nothing but ruins.

Homes, schools, mosques turned to rubble. Families endure in tents, holding on to life amid the destruction.

New footage obtained by the human rights group B’Tselem, released on August 10, shows illegal Israeli settler Yinon Levi shooting and killing Palestinian activist Awdah al-Hathaleen, who recorded his own murder while filming illegal settlers destroying Palestinian property on July 28 in the South Hebron Hills, in the occupied West Bank

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told ARD that Berlin’s solidarity with Israel remains unchanged but Germany will not send weapons for a Gaza operation, warning such action could cause massive civilian casualties.

In central London, thousands marched on Saturday against the ongoing genocide in Palestine's Gaza.

Parents, joining the Parents for Palestine bloc, told TRT World how Israel’s systematic killing of children and their families has shaken them — and why they won’t stay silent

Video captures the supermoon illuminating night skies over the historical city of Istanbul, Türkiye.

The Sturgeon Moon, the last full moon of summer, rose over Istanbul on August 9, 2025, appearing full on both Friday and Saturday nights due to a rare two-night lunar alignment.

Its golden glow lit up landmarks like the Galata tower, creating a breathtaking celestial backdrop that drew stargazers and photographers across the city.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised UEFA’s tribute to the late Suleiman Al-Obeid, known as the “Palestinian Pele,” after Europe’s football governing body failed to mention that he was killed by Israel while waiting for humanitarian aid in Palestine’s Gaza.

In a brief post on X, UEFA called the former national team member “a talent who gave hope to countless children, even in the darkest of times.”

Salah responded to the tweet: “Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?”

The Palestine Football Association said that Al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza.

Al-Obeid, born in Gaza and a father of five, is seen as one of the brightest stars in Palestinian football history. He played 24 official matches for the national team and scored two goals.

Israel has killed over 800 Palestinian athletes since October 7 2023, according to Palestinian officials.

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“When I became Muslim that time in the ‘70s, it was the other way because that's the aftermath of the Second World War. In another way, they came back again.”

Rafiq Ahmed Fris, one of the earliest Muslim converts in the Netherlands, speaks with TRT World, describing the rising anti-Muslim sentiments in the country as the far right gains momentum again — for the first time since the Second World War.

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in Istanbul march to denounce Israel’s genocidal war and blockade of Gaza

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators in Istanbul have protested the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine’s Gaza, causing tragic humanitarian crisis and starvation in the besieged enclave.

Under the banner “Be the Light of Hope for Gaza,” they gathered at Beyazit Square on August 9 after the evening prayer and walked together toward the historic Ayasofya Mosque — carrying lanterns symbolising the light of hope amid the darkness.

London police arrest at least 150 pro-Palestine protesters gathered to condemn Israel's ongoing genocidal war in Gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is worsening due to Israel's blockade

"It shouldn't be this way."

Anthony Aguilar, US army veteran, speaks to Tucker Carlson on the disillusionment of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation employees over the treatment of Palestinians surviving Israel's forced starvation in Gaza.

In Sudan’s war-scarred capital, Khartoum, Red Crescent volunteers are exhuming hundreds of bodies from makeshift graves, allowing bereaved families to lay their loved ones to rest in cemeteries

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Microsoft built a custom Azure cloud system for Israel’s Unit 8200, enabling mass surveillance of Palestinians, including millions of recorded calls.

A joint investigation reveals the data has helped coordinate strikes, despite Microsoft’s claims of limited awareness.

Intense Israeli air strikes hit the outskirts of Deir Siryan in southern Lebanon, with Lebanon's News Agency reporting multiple injuries

Former Palestinian football captain Suleiman Obeid, known as “The Pele of Palestine,” was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza City on Aug 6 while waiting for aid. The 41-year-old is among hundreds of Palestinian athletes killed since the Israeli war on Gaza

A helicopter crash killed Ghana’s Defence Minister Omane Boamah and Minister of Science and Technology Murtala Mohammed alongside six others, authorities say

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In Palestine’s Gaza, childhood has turned into a daily fight for survival.

With innumerable caregivers killed in Israeli strikes and food supplies strangled by Israel’s mass starvation scheme, many Palestinian children are left to feed themselves and their families.

BREAKING: Helicopter crash in Ghana kills eight people, including Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed