Chinese health authorities announced Monday that 24 new fatalities have brought the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak to 81 and more than 2,744 have been infected so far.

WION Dispatch: HK confirms 8th case of Coronavirus

Pakistan's federal cabinet will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss a hike in salary for the country's Prime Minister and the President.

WION Dispatch: Salary Hike For Pak PM And President?

Saudi's are reacting angrily to the acquisition that crown prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman hacked the phone of Jeff Bezos. Saudi's are demanding an apology from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

WION Dispatch: Saudi's demand apology from Jeff Bezos

The Doomsday Clock was moved to the closest it's ever been to midnight as atomic scientists warned of increasing threats around nuclear war and climate change. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the clock from two minutes before midnight to 100 seconds before midnight.

WION Dispatch: Doomsday clock moved to the closest

The British government said on Tuesday that it would toughen terrorism sentences and end early release for serious offenders, following through on promises made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in November after a convicted terrorist who had been automatically released carried out an attack that killed two people near London Bridge.

WION Dispatch: New UK law to increase jail term

As leaders of government and business—including more than 100 billionaires— gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the 50th annual World Economic Forum, Forbes brings you the biggest news headlines from the conference.

WION Dispatch: Davos 2020: WION speaks to world leaders

Salvador Gómez-Colón, a teenage environmental and humanitarian activist from Puerto Rico, started the day Tuesday by telling business and government leaders that they didn’t have much credibility.

WION Dispatch: Davos 2020: WION in Exclusive conversation with Salvador

A Pakistani delegation has arrived in Beijing for highly important three-day face-to-face talks with the global money laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Working Group, slated to begin on Tuesday.

WION Dispatch: Can Pakistan get off FATF's grey list?

The International Monetary Fund has slashed its estimate on India’s 2019 economic growth to 5.8% from the 6.1% expansion it projected in October, citing a sharper-than-expected slowdown in local demand and stress in the non-bank financial sector.

WION Dispatch: IMF: 'Slowdown in India is a drag on world economy'

The Pakistani military has been a receiving end of a backlash of social media after it announced for the opening up of a highway. The Pakistani public took to Twitter to express their anger and frustration over the military's involvement in civilian matters. Watch report: #WION #WIONNews #Pakistan #SocialMedia #PakistanArmy

WION Dispatch: Pakistan Army trolled on social media for civil interference

Indian Navy has deployed its sole aircraft carrier, the Queen of battle till the Arabian sea to closely watch over the joint military drills between China and Pakistan. The INS Vikramaditya was the fleet of the mig 29k fighter jets on board, who will be monitoring the nine-day mega naval exercise sea guardian 2020. #WION #WIONNews #IndianNavy #Navy #Pakistan #China #MilitaryDrill

WION Dispatch: INS Vikramaditya monitors Pak-China naval drill

Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections are going to take place this week. Taiwan is just off the coast of China and on the edge of the pacific and therefore enjoys assistance both strategic and technical from the united states. Now with the upcoming elections, the course for the self-ruled democratic islands ties with its autocratic neighbour China hangs in the balance. #TaiwanElections #WIONDispatch #WIONNews

WION Dispatch : Who will win Taiwan's Election?

The Indian government has imposed restrictions on the imports of refined palm oil and palmolein. This was done in retaliation against top supplier Malaysia after its criticism of India's actions in Kashmir and new citizenship law. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Ravish Kumar said that only checks and balances would be put in place and imports won't be stopped altogether. #WION #CAA #CitizenshipAmendmentBill #J&K #MEA #Malaysia

WION Dispatch: India restricts imports of refined palm oil after Malaysia's criticism over CAA

The situation in Kashmir is improving continuously. Youths are moving from online to the library, due to which libraries are witnessing huge rush. Libraries help students to prepare for exams. #KashmirNews #WION #KashmirLibraries

WION Dispatch : Students Back To Books In Kashmir Valley

Qassem Soleimani survived the horror of Iran's long war in the 1980s with Iraq to take control of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, responsible for the Islamic Republic's foreign campaigns.

WION Dispatch: Why was Qassem Soleimani so popular?

Iran today fired over a dozen ballistic missiles on US airbases in Iraq targeting Al-Assad and Irbil. Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman said, "At approximately 5.30 pm (2230 GMT) on January 7, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq," said. #WION #Iran

WION Dispatch: How an assassination united Iran

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on January 3 tabled the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the National Assembly after being assured unequivocal support on the matter by the two main opposition parties. The development came after a meeting of the PTI's parliamentary committee, headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan, was held earlier today at the Parliament House to discuss the legislation. #Pakistan #PakistanArmyAct #ImranKhan

WION Dispatch: Pakistan govt tables amendments in Army act

After being detained for over five months, the Jammu and Kashmir administration is set to release all political leaders barring seven this month, according to sources. #JammuAndKashmir #DetainedPoliticalLeaders

WION Dispatch: J&K administration to release all detained political leaders, barring 7

Angered by US air strikes that killed two dozen paramilitary fighters on Sunday, hundreds of protesters spilled through checkpoints in the high-security Green Zone Tuesday, demanding the removal of American troops from Iraq and voicing loyalty to a powerful Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. US President Donald Trump warned Tehran it would "pay a very big price" and said it is sending hundreds more troops to the Middle East. #DonaldTrump #USEmbassy, #Bhagdad

WION Dispatch: Protesters storm US embassy in Baghdad, Iran will 'pay big price', says Trump

At least nine more infants have died at a government hospital in Kota, India. The death of ten children at JK Lon hospital during a 48-hour period on December 23-24 had triggered criticism from the opposition as well as a visit by a team from the national commission for protection of child rights. #WION #Kota #KotaHospital

WION Dispatch: Infant deaths in Kota hospital hits 100

Pakistan's Punjab provincial assembly has passed a resolution against blasphemous content on social media. #WION #Pakistan

WION Dispatch: Pakistan's Punjab to tighten blasphemy laws

Bangladesh Border Guard has reported that it has now detained 445 Bangladeshis who were trying to enter Bangladesh from India. #WION #WIONDispatch #Bangladesh

WION Dispatch: Bangladesh witnesses reverse migration

Former Army Chief Bipin Rawat took charge as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) on January 1, 2020 and said that his task is to create synergy between different wings of the armed forces. General Rawat, who demitted office on retirement as Chief of Indian Army on December 31 received the guard of honour from all the three forces. #CDS #ChiefOfDefenceStaff #IndianDefence #BipinRawat

WION Dispatch: General Rawat takes charge as first CDS

Bangladesh has reversed its decision of shutting down mobile networks along the country's over 4,000 km-long borders with India, two days after asking telecom operators to block the services citing "security" reasons, according to media reports on January 1, 2020. #Bangladesh #NetworkServices #BangladeshMobileServices

WION Dispatch: Bangladesh mobile services suspension revoked

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