Japan's ruling party has proposed to reduce student debt for those who have children. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has come under fire for proposing this move. This move has sparked anger. The ruling party says it is aimed at financially supporting families with children, not punishing those without.

Japan's new policy on reduced student loans for those with babies

The International Atomic Energy Agency is holding talks with Iranian officials regarding investigations into the traces of uranium particles that were found at certain undeclared sites. Now, what is being said is that the IAEA claims that these nuclear particles were weapons grade but the head of the IAEA Rafael Grossi has said that there needs to be a joint cooperation with Iran to bring about credible assurances on the nuclear program.

IAEA: We need joint cooperation with Iran for nuclear programme

In an exclusive interview with WION, the minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa Naledi Pandor defended her country's participation in the joint navy drills with Russia and China in the backdrop of the Ukraine war.

S. African Minister Naledi Pandor speaks to WION on joint drills with Russia and China

'India and Latvia's relationship is very warm', Latvia's Deputy foreign minister Dr Gunda Riere emphasized further on the relationship between the two nations in an interview with WION's principal diplomatic correspondent Siddhant Sibbal. Watch the exclusive interview here.

Latvia deputy foreign minister Reire speaks to WION on India-Latvia relations

The Britain's largest mosque which was partially destroyed during a huge fire back in 2015 will now reopen on Saturday. The mosque that is managed by members of the Ahmadiya sect was burnt down by certain alleged miscreants.

UK mosque repaired with stones imported for Portugal

2.4 tonnes of Cocaine which is equivalent to half of Australia's estimated annual consumption were seized by a joint U.S and Australian law enforcement operation. The cocaine would have fetched the Mexican drug cartel that it is linked with 677 million dollars if it hadn't been seized.

2.4 tonnes of Cocaine bound for Australia linked to Mexican cartel

UK govt is mulling a new law to stop migrants who cross the English channel on small boats from claiming asylum. Sunak and Braverman are likely to announce the new legislation next week. The legislation will grant powers to allow the mass detention of thousands of asylum seekers who travel to the UK in small boats before they are sent to Rwanda or a safe third country.

UK to crackdown against asylum seekers

How many times do you get to see a high ranking official ditch their motorcade and instead choose to travel in an auto rickshaw? The American Secretary of State Antony Blinken did this rather unusual thing while he was on his visit to New Delhi to attend the G20 minister's meeting.

Antony Blinken takes auto-rickshaw ride during New Delhi visit

A shocking incident is being reported from the Philippines where a provincial governor who is also the political ally of the President has been shot dead by unidentified assailants.

Negros Oriental governor shot dead by unidentified assailants

On Tuesday, a fuel tanker carrying 800,000 litres of industrial fuel oil had sunk near the coast of the Philippines. Now it has been four days, and the situation continues to remain grim. The region's ecology seems to have altered and organisms are struggling to survive.

Oil spill off the Philippine coast turns into an ecological catastrophe

Russian artillery is attacking the last routes out of Bakhmut, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war.

Russian troops advance, Ukraine clings to Bakhmut

Israeli settlers go a rampage in Huwara and resort to arson & vandalism of Palestinian homes Taliban kill 2 top ISIS-K commanders in Central Kabul & the M23 rebels capture yet another key town as they march towards Goma. Mohammed Saleh gets you an in depth report of the world's biggest warzones of the week in World At War.

World at War | Why is Ukraine losing Bakhmut to Russia despite using U.S. weapons?

Pakistan is in a state of mess. The economy is in the ICU. The politicians are at war. People are crying for help. How did things get here? Molly Gambhir explains.

Gravitas Plus: Pakistan's Economic Crisis Explained

Heavy rains continue to barter Malaysia as day-to-day life continues to be paralyzed due to the incessant rainfall. The country has been plagued with continuous rain since November last year in which four people have lost their lives.

Malaysia battered by heavy rains, 40,000 residents flee their homes

WION correspondent Siddhant Sibbal spoke to Polish member of Parliament Bartoszewki as he was in New Delhi to observe the G20 minister's meeting. He lauded India's diplomatic pro-west on the international stage as well as its ability to be a de-escalating factor in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Polish MP: Indian role important, a voice of reason to Russia

U.S Commerce Department's Bureau of industry and security has banned an unspecified number of companies around the world. The BIS believes that these entities are involved in unauthorized nuclear activities or collection of sensitive data.

U.S. trade body bans unspecified Pak companies from 14 entities

India ranks third in aero engines and hyper-sonics in the wild and that's according to a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The report states that India ranks among the top five in 29 technologies out of the 44 technology areas they took under consideration.

ASPI report on technology advancement

The Britain's royal Navy has said that it has seized Iranian weapons including anti-tank guarded missiles last month. The seizure came in the international waters in the Gulf of Oman and Britain claims that the vessel was in fact detected traveling south from Iran at pretty high speed during the hours of darkness.

British Navy seizes 'smuggled Iranian weapons'

To meet with the donations and borrowers, the American President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the World Bank, the former MasterCard chief executive officer Ajay Banga will soon be starting a visit to Europe, Asia, Africa and potentially even perhaps Latin America.

Ajay Banga will start a visit to EU, Asia, Africa

Universal music groups revenue from music streaming has surpassed 1.6 billion dollars for the first time in the fourth quarter, marking a significant milestone for the music industry.

Universal's streaming revenue exceeds $1.06 BN for first time

The U.S Senator Bernie Sanders has refused to back down and calls to make Starbucks's interim chief executive officer Howard Schultz who is stepping down this month testified a hearing for the company's compliance with labor laws in the United States.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz stepping down from position in March

Tesla gets near about 330 million dollars in terms of tax benefits for the Nevada Giga Factory expansion. The development of the electric vehicles and manufacturer Tesla Giga Factory complex with two new plants has received more than 330 million dollars in terms of tax abatement approval from the Nevada governor's office of Economic Development.

Tesla to invest $3.6 BN in Nevada for two new factories

The first significant investment in the Indian conglomerate after a stock crash was caused by a negative report from short-sellers was made by U.S. boutique investment firm GQG Partners Inc., which purchased shares worth $1.87 billion in four Adani group companies.

Adani group sells stake of $1.8 BN to GQG

New Delhi is hosting the quad foreign ministers meet. India's external affairs minister is chairing this meeting with the U.S Secretary of State and foreign Ministers of Japan and Australian attendance.

Quad: Must maintain the liberal rules-based international order

The United States and South Korea are all set to conduct more than ten days of large-scale military drills, including amphibious landings. The exercises, dubbed freedom shield, will be held from March 13 to March 23.

Eye on Kim Jong-un, U.S. & South Korea bolster military drills | Pyongyang's 'first-strike' doctrine

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - The United Kingdom Home Secretary Suella Braverman has warned against Islamist extremism and this cautioned that political correctness in the larger scheme of things for British national security has created a blind spot for such extremism to flourish.

Trending on WION: 'Political Correctness' let Islamist extremism to grow in UK: Suella Braverman

In Argentina, cities and towns have been witnessing record high temperatures according to the countries. Many towns and cities such as capital Buenos Aires have posted temperatures of 37.9 degrees Celsius with some zones heating up to 41 degrees Celsius.

Argentina is sweltering due to extreme high temperatures

The eighth Our Ocean Conference will take place in Panama City, Panama, on March 1-2, 2023. The conference got its start in 2014 as a U.S. Department of State initiative to raise awareness of the grave challenges to the oceans around the world and to make a global commitment to real action in support of marine conservation and sustainable development.

2-day Our Ocean Conference being held in Panama city

The snowboarder wound himself several hundred feet down the ravine and waist deep in snow in New Hampshire. He was sitting when the avalanche was set off. Both persons avoided harm. On the mountain, the avalanche occurred roughly 4,800 feet up.

Huge avalanche engulfs snowboarder on New Hampshire mountain

As part of a statewide effort to reduce the nation's CO2 emissions, Norway's largest onshore industrial site, Heroeya, in southern Norway, plans to switch entirely to electricity by replacing its use of natural gas with grid power.

Norway's biggest industrial site at Heroeya to go electric

The economic crisis in the South Asian nation of Pakistan is spiralling. New records are being broken every day. Now, Pakistan's central bank raised key policy rate by 300 bps to highest level since 1996. Watch this video for more details.

Why Pakistan's central bank raised key policy rate by 300 bps to highest level since 1996?

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