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What really killed Bulgaria's King Boris III in the midst of WWII, CNN's Christiane Amanpour asks his son Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in an interview.

The CNN's chief international correspondent also speaks with Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha how King Boris III saved tens of thousands of Jews living in Bulgaria during the war.

Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said he overestimated the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government of Greece during a discussion on how a Grexit would impact the EU with CNN host Fareed Zakaria.

Turkish former air force general Tahsin ?ahinkaya, the last surviving leader of the  1980 coup which led to military rule and left lasting scars on the country, died on Thursday. He was 90.

The putsch on September 12, 1980 was the bloodiest in Turkey's coup-ridden history, overthrowing a civilian government and putting in place a military junta that ruled Turkey for three years.

Statements by a veteran member of parliament, Republican People's Party's (CHP) Deniz Baykal, who recently lost his run for parliament speaker's office, led to disagreements over incidents leading up to the election of the speaker, which was finalized last week with the election of the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) candidate, ?smet Y?lmaz.

According to Greek mythology Europe was a Phoenician princess abducted by the the Greek god Zeus, after transforming himself into a magnificent white bull. He then took the princess to the island of Crete, where she gave birth to a number of other mythological figures.

At least 34 people are known to have drowned after a ferry carrying 173 passengers on board has capsized in rough waters in the central Philippines.

Most of the survivors were immediately rescued, but about 30 are missing, CNN quotes Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon as saying.

The vessel capsized just 200 m off the coast.

The US and Cuba are to announce on Wednesday a move to reopen diplomatic missions in each other's capitals for the first time in over 50 years, international media outlets report.

This is a major step in the renewal of diplomatic ties which was initiated by US President Barack Obama also confirmed by Cuban couterpart Raul Castro in December 2014.

Colored powder is thought to have been behind the incident at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei that left hundreds injured, officials say.

At least 83 have serious injuries as a result of the fire, and 132 have been left with minor body burns, according to the CNA news agency.

The UK-based Independent this week published what it called the “worst maps” off all time. Of course, it’s referring to the modern era and especially cartographical “snafus”  showed on television, with CNN coming in for increased scrutiny.

The Philippines' largest rebel group retired nearly 150 guerillas and handed over 75 arms to a decommissioning body headed by Turkish Ambassador Haydar Berk in order to encourage parliament to pass a proposed law giving minority Muslims self-rule.