The Coronavirus crisis is growing. More people are suffering, not just because of the disease - but because of the discrimination that Chinese citizens have to face. Patients are being treated like outcasts. Around the world, people of Chinese origin are being ostracised.

Gravitas: Wuhan virus, Chinese citizens face racism

Istanbul witnessed a deadly plane crash on Wednesday. The plane broke into three pieces, after it skidded off the runway and dropped into a ditch. This report has more.

Gravitas:  Jet skids off runway in Istanbul

Around 500 Pakistani nationals are stranded in China. Islamabad has refused to rescue them. Today, India said it could help, if Pakistan makes a request. Will Islamabad reach out to New Delhi? WION's Palki Sharma has the story.

Gravitas: Coronavirus- India offers help to Pakistan

According to the media report, India has directed the US government's health agency CDC to stop funding research in India without government approval.

India stops US Nipah project with lab

The Chinese doctor who had flagged the coronavirus outbreak died early morning on Friday. Li Wenliang's death was reported by the Wuhan central hospital, a little after 3 am local time in China. However, there have been conflicting reports about his death.

nCoV: Massive Outpouring Of Grief Over Li's death

A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Khmeimim airbase on Thursday after coming under fire from Syrian air defences, Russia's defence ministry said on Friday. The Syrian forces almost hit the Russian plane while intercepting Israeli missiles which had hit the suburbs of Damascus, Russian media cited spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

Russia: Syria almost hit passenger plane, carrying 172 passengers

Many big brands like Hyundai, Renault and Kia are planning to shut down their factories in South Korea and China due to the fears of coronavirus's outbreak. What will be the impact on the Chinese economy? Political analyst Dr. Robert Edwin Kelly explains

Virus takes a toll on South Korean factories

Matthew Cheung Kin-Chung, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, addressed media on deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Hong Kong Press Conference on Coronavirus Crisis

The Economic impact of coronavirus is still impossible to determine but it is widely clear that the outbreak is taking a toll on the Chinese economy.

Global Economy and the Coronavirus Outbreak

Donald Trump snubbed Nancy Pelosi. She responded by ripping a copy of his speech. Trump's State of the Union address was high on drama. WION's Palki Sharma brings you a recap.

Gravitas: Drama at Trump's State of the Union address

U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration created 7 million jobs. His critics raise questions over the claims. Who is right? WION's Palki Sharma brings you a fact check.

Gravitas: WION Fact Check, Did Trump create 7 million jobs?

Sri Lanka dropped the Tamil national anthem from its Independence day event - 3 years after it was introduced. Is the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government forcing the Sinhalese identity on Lankan Tamils? WION's Palki Sharma explains how the Sri Lankan govt's talk of national unity is mere lip-service.

Gravitas: Sri Lanka drops Tamil version of national anthem

A disgruntled python stole the show in Australia, when it repeatedly bit an Australian reporter's microphone. Journalist Sarah Cawte was reporting from Wagga Wagga on snake safety and was about to give a piece to camera with the python on her shoulder, when the serpent focused in on the microphone.

Australia : Python Steals The Show

China is providing the World Health Organization (WHO) with wrong information about the number of coronavirus cases in Taiwan, the island’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after the WHO published incorrect case numbers earlier this week. Taiwan is not a WHO member because of China’s objections. Beijing says the island is a wayward Chinese province and not a country and is adequately represented in the organization by China.

Taiwan says China feeding wrong information to WHO

Turbulent times continue to surge in Iraq, five people have been killed and around 52 were injured in violent clashes.

WION Dispatch: Anti-government protest continues in Iraq

Setting a new benchmark repeatedly Finland's women-led government is now fielding and fighting for equal paid leave for both parents in a family.

Reform To Boost Birth Rates In Finland

Pete Buttigieg an Afghanistan war veteran has become the surprise frontrunner in the Iowa caucus which is the first step towards Democratic race to challenge President Donald Trump.

Buttigieg claims win before IOWA results

Coronavirus outbreak's economic impact

While the world battles to counter the growing threat of coronavirus another looming crisis is already taking shape, the economic one. To know how it's affecting Global Economy, watch the video.

How Coronavirus affecting Global Economy?

Eight people died after an avalanche hit eastern Turkey on Wednesday (February 5), the local hospital said, while the Turkish interior minister was quoted as saying 10-15 people were still trapped under the snow.

Eight dead, others trapped under avalanche in eastern Turkey

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