Images from witnesses showed a massive blaze consuming huts and scores of refugees fleeing on foot

Thousands of homes burn as fire sweeps Rohingya camp

The Biden administration has urged a federal court to certify India's request to extradite Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana

US court urged to certify India's plea to extradite Tahawwur Rana

Eyewitnesses inside the store at the time of the shooting, which took place just before 3:00 pm (2100 GMT) said they heard multiple gunshots before fleeing through a back entrance.

10 people died in Colorado store shooting: Police

The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on four Chinese officials, including a top security director, for human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

EU, China impose tit-for-tat sanctions over Xinjiang abuses

The World Water Day initiative is part of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) set by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in the year 2015.

This eco warrior turns arid hills green

The traditional festival is celebrated by various ethno-linguistic groups mainly in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Albania, and Macedonia and falls on or around March 21.

Kyrgyzstan celebrates traditional Nowruz spring festival

The trip to Mexico will include Roberta Jacobson, the White House’s lead adviser on the border, and Juan González, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere.

US President Biden's envoys head to Mexico & Gautemala

Police officer dead, several injured in shooting at Colorado grocery store

Silvan Shalom, Former Vice Prime Minister and Former Interior Minister of Israel, shares his views about WION Global Summit, to be held on March 24 in Dubai. He will be a dialogue partner at the session titled Peace Deals and the Shifting Sands of West Asia.

WION Global Summit speaker: Silvan Shalom, Former Vice Prime Minister and Former Interior Minister, Israel

The novel Coronavirus is still prevailing in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has extended the nationwide lockdown till 18th April in view of the radical increase in covid cases.

Germany extends lockdown measures till 18 April

The vote on the draft resolution titled ‘Promotion of Reconciliation Accountability and Human Rights in Sri Lanka’ was to be taken on Monday but officials in Geneva

Sri Lanka to face key UN Rights Body resolution today

Rashmi Samant, who created history by becoming the first Indian woman to be elected President of the Oxford Student Union (SU), had resigned from the post in a few days amid controversy surrounding some of her past remarks and references

'I quit after being subjected to cyberbullying': Rashmi Samant

The army will create a new special operations Ranger Regiment which would be able to operate discreetly in high-risk environments and be rapidly deployable across the world

UK to unveil military modernisation plan

The foreign secretary, Teodoro Locsin, said late on Sunday that the Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the Chinese presence.

Phillipines demands withdrawal of over 200 Chinese vessels from South China Sea

Chile has been battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has turned out to be far more aggressive than the first one

Chile Covid-19: Infection numbers soar despite mass vaccination drive

Mark your calendar for WION Global Summit 2021, to be held in Dubai on March 24. Global leaders will deliberate on the theme 'Power Play in a Post-pandemic World'. There will be four sessions: 1:Peace deals & the shifting sands of West Asia 2:The post-pandemic world order 3:World economy: The price of the pandemic 4:Digital revolution: The world goes online Watch the event live on WION.

WION Global Summit 2021 to be held in Dubai on March 24

Renesas said it will take at least a month to restart production on a 300mm wafer line at its Naka plant in northeast Japan after a fire on Friday caused by an electrical fault

Shares of Japan's big three car makers dip

The strategy to produce a series of smaller bills is aimed at lowering opposition from tech companies and their lobbyists towards a single piece of legislation

US House antitrust chairman plans multiple bills to go after Big Tech

Myanmar police officials who fled to India saying that they flouted rules to shoot protesters are now asking the Indian government to grant them asylum on humanitarian grounds.

Myanmar police officers fleeing coup seek asylum in India

The Turkish lira stood at 8.0990 per dollar in Asia, down 11 per cent from its close on Friday. At one point the lira fell by as much as 14.9 per cent to 8.4850

Turkish lira hit by sacking of central bank chief

Russia and UK's relations hit an all-time low as Russia strongly condemns UK's plan to radically increase nuclear warheads to 260 by the year 2030. The United Nations also expresses concern over UK's effort to scale up nuclear weapons.

Russia condemns UK's vision to scale up nuclear warheads

NASA has announced a new spacesuit for the upcoming Artemis moon missions scheduled later this decade, the next challenge is figuring out the final version of the technology embedded inside.

NASA turns to college students to design new spacesuits

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before the country’s fourth general election in less than two years.

Israel elects: Over 20,000 people gathered near Netanyahu's residence

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has triggered nationwide protests for withdrawing Turkey from an international agreement to prevent violence against women.

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of Istanbul convention

Biden, who took office on January 20, has faced criticism from Republicans for reversing some of the hard-line policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump.

Joe Biden to visit Mexican border ‘at some point’

UK plans to increase nuclear warheads to 260 by 2030

Israel's election heading towards a deadlock

Ibrahim Shukralla, Emirati Editor from Abu Dhabi, shares his views about WION Global Summit, to be held on March 24 in Dubai. He will be a dialogue partner at the session titled Peace Deals and the Shifting Sands of West Asia.

WION Global Summit Speaker: Ibrahim Shukralla, Head of English Language News at Emirates News Agency (WAM)

The sources said a Russian surface-to-surface missile also hit the town of Qah, while Russian airstrikes came close to densely populated refugee camps along the border with Turkey.

Russian jets hit Syrian cities near Turkish border

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, shares her views about WION Global Summit, to be held on March 24 in Dubai. She will be a dialogue partner at the session titled Peace Deals and the Shifting Sands of West Asia.

WION Global Summit speaker: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem

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