WION reports live from the capital as Lebanon will go to the polls today. Independent candidates are taking on the ruling elite. Watch this report to know who are the key players in Lebanese elections.

Lebanon Elections 2022: Lebanon battling its worst economic crisis in decades

Tracking Lebanon elections 2022: Who are the key players in Lebanese elections?

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa aged 73 has died. Emirates is mourning the death. Now, British PM Boris Johnson, India's Vice President Naidu and French President Macron will visit UAE to offer condolences.

Tributes pour in for Sheikh Khalifa: UK's Boris Johnson, France's Emmanuel Macron to visit UAE

WION took a field trip with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to Rakhigarhi ancient site. Antiques discovered will be displayed in Rakhigarhi's upcoming museum.

WION takes a field trip with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to Rakhigarhi ancient site

Israel has carried out an airstrike on Syrian facilities. This is the third Israeli airstrike in one week. 5 people have been reported dead.

Israel strikes Syrian facilities: Third Israeli airstrike in one week

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, considered the de-facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, was elected as the new president of the oil-rich nation on Saturday after his half-brother and former ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin al-Nahyan passed away.

UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

WION reports live from the capital as Lebanon will go to the polls on May 15. Watch this report where we decode Lebanon's complex political system.

Tracking the Lebanon elections 2022: WION reports live from the capital

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa aged 73 has died. Emirates is mourning the death. The new President is to be elected in 30 days.

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73, new President to be elected in 30 days

Climate change is causing plankton in the seas to move away from their habitats, and this could cause a 17% dip in marine life. Plankton are tiny ocean creatures carried by tides and currents.

Impact of climate change on marine life: Shifts in the season of Plankton blooms

The southeast Asia is back in focus for Washington for a special ASEAN summit and the American President Biden is hosting the leaders from the association of the Southeast Asian nations.

Joe Biden hosts ASEAN leaders; pledges to support clean energy, maritime security

Meanwhile, pressure is growing on Europe to secure alternate gas supplies as the Russian gas flows to Europe continue to flow for a second straight day. The Russian gas flows to Europe which usually meet nearly about 40 percent of the European continent's needs reportedly have been observed to be constant since the beginning of the war in Ukraine but fears that Russia will stop its gas supplies enough becoming very real.

Europe's gas supply crisis: Pressure grows on Europe to secure alternative gas supply

Amidst the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, a volunteer group in Poland rescued a US citizen who had suffered torture under Russian forces. In our next report, he narrates about his ordeal while he was held captive in Russia, take a look.

Russian forces beat up American hostage, rescued citizen counts ordeal

North Korea what appeared to be a muted onset of Covid-19 has exploded in just one day. A day after the North Korea reported its first cases of covid-19 at least one person confirmed to have the virus has died while hundreds of thousands have shown symptoms of fever.

North Korea reports first covid-19 death, Kim Jong-Un declares gravest national emergency

Trump International Hotel in Washington is officially out of business. The Trump family has completed the hotel sale to an investor group based in Miami and the group plans to rebrand the hotel as Waldorf Astoria.

Trump International Hotel in Washington got sold to Miami-based Investor Group

An explosion in a busy commercial market in Karachi on Thursday night has killed one left 13 others injured. According to the an Inspector General of Police Preliminary probe shows that an improvised explosive device was planted in a motorcycle, the blast caused substantive damage to property here and the vehicle belonging to the Pakistan coast guard was also damaged.

Pakistan witnessing an uptick in terrorist attacks, Explosion in Karachi's Saddar kills one, injures 13

Two countries in the Indian subcontinent are grappling with the deepening economic crisis. The economic mismanagement in Sri Lanka has triggered major political turmoil while Pakistan has its own share of economic concerns. The Pakistani rupee has plunged to an all-time low against the dollar. Two friends of China are facing major economic challenges but Chinese president Xi Jinping has been reluctant to pull out the checkbook.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka- Victims of China's debt-trap diplomacy?

Like most dictatorial regimes around the world, North Korea has some strange laws all built on the whims and fancies of leader Kim Jong-Un. The dictator does what he wants and what he doesn't like he bans. From jeans to foreign movies, a lot is banned in North Korea.

Tight jeans- a taboo? Kim Jong-Un cracks down on western trend

India-Oman joint commission meeting was held recently in New Delhi where both sides discussed ways to boost the growing trade ties. In an exclusive conversation with WION's diplomatic correspondent Siddhant Sibbal, India's envoy to Oman Amit Narang spoke about the latest meeting.

Oman is India's most-trusted partner in the Gulf region, says India's envoy to Oman Amit Narang

North Korea tests 3 ballistic missiles amid major covid-19 outbreak

Sri Lanka has a new Prime Minister but the country's economic and political struggles continue. Ranil Wickremesinghe who has stepped up to bat as a tall order in front of him but before he can do anything he has to prove that he has majority support and former unity government to foster all and imminent economic collapse.

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka's new PM but can the veteran leader prove majority?

As Twitter prepares for Elon Musk's 44 billion dollar acquisition, reports now suggests that Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal is bringing in some major shake-ups within the company ahead of the takeover.

Twitter sends letter about firing executives ahead of Musk's takeover

Ghana is on the brink of an economic crisis. In 2021, the country recorded a total public debt of around 77% of its GDP, despite this Finance Minister said that Ghana was committed to managing its debt without taking assistance from the international Monetary Fund.

IMF not an option, Ghana FM confident to manage debt without help

Ukrainian forces have reportedly attacked a Russian logistics support vessel in the black sea. Ukraine has claimed to have damaged the Russian ship near Snake island, it is a small but strategic outpost in the Black Sea.

Report: Russian logistics support vessel on fire

The United States of America is also grappling with an unconventional problem, it is running out of baby formula. The supermarkets in the country are all out of stock with basic baby food.

A national crisis in US: White House figures ways to boost baby food supply

Thousands of people in Argentina took the streets of the capital to express their discontent with President Alberto Fernandez due to gripping inflation and a prolonged economic crisis in the country.

Argentina economic crisis: 40% of Argentines are battling poverty

New Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is known for his pro-Indian stance. While in office Ranil Wickremesinghe took significant steps to enhance ties with India. Earlier, in an exclusive conversation with WION, Wickremesinghe had called New Delhi an important ally of Colombo.

India and Sri Lanka have deep cultural ties, it is one of our important ally: Ranil Wickremesinghe

US automaker Ford has dropped plans to make Electric Vehicles in India for exports. While it explodes options for its two factories in the country that stopped manufacturing last year so Ford is in the dilemma as to what to do with these factories but it has right now taken a U-Turn on its plans to make electric vehicles in the country.

US automaker Ford makes U-Turn on India EV plans

As the rebound in global travel gained space, Dubai's main airport has reported its busiest quarter in two years with its CEO predicting that Dubai global airport could see pre-Covid figures by the end of 2024.

Dubai Airport: Busiest quarter in two years

Rising food and energy prices pushed India's annual retail inflation up towards an eight-year high in April, strengthening economists' view that the central bank would have to raise interest rates more aggressively to curb prices.

Rising food and energy prices pushes India's annual retail inflation up

While America is staring at an overturn of legal abortion rights, the country's lawmakers have failed to pass a legislation which could make the right to abortion the law of the land.

Bill to protect abortion rights fails to advance in US Senate

The Delhi High Court has given a split verdict on the issue of criminalization of marital rape. A division bench comprising of two judges, gave conflicting views on plea seeking to criminalize marital rape in India.

Delhi High Court's split verdict on Marital rape; consent of women still an issue?

news

News, News on News, stories on News, articles on News, News stories at Wion, News news, News latest news