Gaza refugee agency staff on strike over cutbacks

General strike paralyses operations of UN’s cash-strapped Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA. The agency faces a shortfall of more than $200 million after the US slashed funding earlier this year.

Volkswagen's Porsche to stop offering diesel models

Volkswagen has admitted to deliberately cheating diesel emissions tests, sending shockwaves through the automotive industries and causing a sector-wide crackdown on polluting diesel engines.

Puerto Rico: America's Forgotten Territory - a year after Hurricane Maria

A year after Hurricane Maria, TRT World's Ediz Tiyansan in a three-part series, takes a closer look at Puerto Rico, the colonial island still deeply suffering after the deadliest US-based natural disaster in the last hundred years.

Istanbul Coffee Festival honours the brewtiful bean

This year, one of Europe's biggest annual international coffee festivals paid homage to the bean which has captured the mind and souls of millions around the world.

Most nations to miss UN goal on chronic diseases – study

More than half of all countries likely to fail in reducing early deaths from a quartet of chronic diseases by a third before 2030, researchers say.

Movie ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ draws criticism

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a story of an Asian-American girl meeting her Asian boyfriend’s super-rich family. The movie continues to score big at the box office but it is also drawing criticism.

Shia Muslims mark Ashura with mourning processions and self-flagellation

Shia Muslims observe the 9th and 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Lunar calendar, as special days of mourning over the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, during the battle of Karbala, Iraq in the seventh century.

Refugees and migrants in Spain find their 'soul' in football

Alma de Africa or Soul of Africa is not an ordinary team. It is made almost entirely of migrants and refugees and is based in the Spanish city of Jerez.

Microplastics may enter foodchain through mosquitoes

Researchers of the University of Reading believe they have proof for the first time that microplastics can enter our ecosystem by air via mosquitoes and other flying insects.

Migrants and refugees look to Spain as rules tighten in Italy

European Union leaders will meet in Austria on Wednesday in yet another attempt to reach a burden sharing policy.

SpaceX names Japanese billionaire as first private tourist to Moon

Elon Musk's space transportation company announces fashion magnate, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first private passenger to fly on a monster rocket around the Moon as early as 2023.

US school shootings - 2018

Methodology: Following is the rationale for the numbering that appears on the social cards TRT World is producing under the general title of US School Shootings - 2018.