Middle East
Turkey condemns Erdogan's French caricature
Top Turkish officials on Wednesday condemned the mockery of President Tayyip Erdogan in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, calling it "an abominable attempt to spread his cultural racism…
WorldNews
The United States has announced a $2.4 billion sale of a coastal defense system to Taiwan
The United States said Monday it had approved the sale of $2 billion worth of 100-harpoon coastal defense systems to Taiwan, a move that sparked Beijing's anger over a $1 billion-missile deal la…
Business
HSBC to expedite restructuring plan to reduce costs
HSBC said Tuesday it would speed up its restructuring plan, which would cut costs much more than previously proposed. The bank made the announcement after it posted a 1.31bn (£ 2.3bn) pre-tax q…
EU
The former king of Belgium met his foreign daughter for the first time
Albert, the former king of Belgium, met his daughter Delphine for the first time when she was recognized’ like a princess after winning a seven-year legal battle to prove she was his father. Th…
Asia
A bomb blast at a madrassa in Pakistan has killed seven children and injured 70 others
A powerful bomb blast near an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least seven children, injured 70 on Tuesday morning, police, and a hospital sp…
Health
Pediatricians say about 800K children have the coronavirus
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said Monday that about 800,000 children in the United States have been infected’ with Covid 19 this year. "Current cases among children are on the rise,&…
