Turkish parliament to vote on security law to replace emergency rule
Turkey’s parliament is expected to hold a final vote on Wednesday on a security law giving authorities broad counter-terrorism powers following the lifting of the two-year state of emergency imposed after a failed military coup.
The U.S. is bigger than the White House, German foreign minister says
The United States is bigger than the White House, regardless of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Twitter on Wednesday.
U.S. airlines revise websites to change Taiwan reference
The three biggest U.S. airlines changed how they refer to self-ruled Taiwan on their websites in an effort to avoid Chinese penalties by a Wednesday deadline.
Blast kills at least 20 in Pakistan on election day, hospital says
A blast targeting a police van killed more than 20 people in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said, as the South Asian nation goes to the vote to choose a new government.
Blast kills at least 18 in Pakistani city on election day: media
A blast killed at least 18 people in Pakistan’s western city of Quetta on Wednesday in an attack targeting a police van, media said, as the South Asian nation holds general elections.
Dozens dead in attacks on Syria’s Sweida city, villages: health authority
Multiple attacks killed at least 38 people and wounded 37 others in Sweida and villages northeast of the Syrian city, the head of the health authority told state-run Ikhbariyah TV.
Nineteen dead, more than 3,000 in need of rescue, after Laos dam collapse: media
Nineteen people have been confirmed dead and more than 3,000 need to be rescued after a dam collapsed in a remote part of land-locked Laos, local media reported on Wednesday.
Poland adopts new law to accelerate changes in Supreme Court
The upper chamber of Poland’s parliament has approved an amendment smoothing the way for the ruling party to name the next chief of the Supreme Court, despite street protests and objections from opposition parties.
Thai cave boys ordained as Buddhist novices to honor dead rescuer
Eleven boys from a soccer team, rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, were ordained as Buddhist novices on Wednesday at a temple in Chiang Rai in memory of a volunteer diver who died during their rescue.
American Airlines, Delta revise websites to change Taiwan reference
American Airlines Group Inc and Delta Air Lines changed how their websites refer to Taiwan, a move expected to be followed by United Airlines later on Wednesday in an effort to avoid Chinese penalties.
