Top 10 world news today: Lebanese President on Beirut explosion, COVID-19 vaccine and more
Beirut blast
Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Friday said that the port blast that killed over 150 people and caused massive destruction in Beirut was caused either because of negligence or a missile attack. Read more
After the global coronavirus cases crossed19,000,000 on Friday morning,Russia has announced that it will be registering world's first COVID-19 vaccine. Read more
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse dozens of anti-government demonstrators angered by a cataclysmic blast on Thursday. Read more
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, heads to Beirut on Saturday, a day ahead of a majordonors conference to raise funds for the blast-damaged Lebanese capital. Read more
Amid tensions with the Trump administration, China's foreign ministry said today that US arms sales to Taiwan violate the "One China" principle. Read more
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad launched a new political party to contest elections against rivals who seized power from him in March. Read more
China's video sharking app TikTok on Friday threatened legal action in US courts against President Trump's executive order banning "any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd" or any company in which it has an interest." Read more
TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that the country has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighbouring Greece of failing to keep its promises. Read more
US Republican President Donald Trump has said that his Democratic opponent in November's election, Joe Biden, is "against God". Read more
The debate on sexism and misogyny, especially in the field of politics, has been reignited with the furore over a dress of a woman MP in South Korea. Read more