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A strong explosion rocked the port city of Tianjin in northern China on Wednesday night, shattering windows and sending dust dozens of metres into the air, Xinhua reported.

At least 50 people have been admitted to hospital to be treated for injuries, China's state news agency said.

No fatalities have been reported so far.

Turkey will again push for a no-fly zone over northern Syria to protect civilians fleeing both Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and Syrian government forces, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has told the BBC.

Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called for the establishment of a no-fly zne over nothern Syria to to protect civilians fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group and Syrian government forces.

A senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) said peace negotiations were the ?only choice? for an end to the Kurdish problem, in an interview on Aug. 11. 

The PKK would stop fighting if Turkey ended its military operation and called for international monitors to oversee a ceasefire, Cemil Bay?k said in an interview with the BBC.

ISIS has created a terrifying map showing the countries it plans to take over – including Greece, known to the group as Orobpa. The map presented in BBC reporter Andrew Hosken’s book, “Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State”, reveals the ISIS plan for world dominion by 2020 – just five years away.

British star Jessie J, made into a pop idol with her latest hit "Bang Bang," will meet her Turkish fans at Istanbul's Volkswagen Arena on Sept. 11. 

Islamists plan to conquer territory "from Spain to China"

The extremist organization Islamic State plans to conquer the Middle East, North Africa, parts of Europe, all in the next five years, claims BBC journalist Andrew Hosken.

Exactly 101 years ago, a series of breath-taking developments in European and Turkish seas put the Ottoman Empire into a war that would destroy it. Recently revealed documents correct some misconceptions about how the Turks entered World War I "Enver [Pasha] had wanted to stand back and let the Great Powers destroy one another.

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was undeterred by criticism by the UN for ‘racism’ stating that African immigrants were undermining the European standard of living, during a visit in Singapore. Hammond said the UK’s top priority was sending would be asylum seekers back where they came from.

'Strong' evidence suggests the Bardo Museum attack in Tunisia's capital in March is linked to the beach shooting in the country's resort of Sousse in June, according to British police, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

"Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers say they are now connecting the two attacks based on evidence," the BBC revealed.