Europe has been hit by a heatwave with temperatures touching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

Heatwaves lead to rising temperatures across Europe

Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazil’s indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Brazil gold rush: Illegal mining threatens Amazon tropical rainforests

Officials are announcing more beaches will be closing again to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus

US: Florida beaches announce closures as COVID-19 cases rise

China's capital Beijing is dealing with the second wave of COVID-19 infections. New cases of COVID-19 cluster have put half a million people under lockdown. Watch report.

Nearly 7.7 million people tested in Beijing: New COVID-19 cluster China

United Nation estimates that more than a million Uighur Muslims has been sent to forced detention camps in China. They are being tortured, brainwashed in these camps. Now more details have emerged that of China's brutal crackdown on the Uighur Muslims. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: How China has been torturing Uighur Muslims in detention camps?

As Russia prepares for this week's vote on Russian President Vladamir Putin's constitutional reforms, WION takes you to a Russian city located 1300 km east of Moscow Nizhny Tagil. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Russian Constitutional Amendments 2020 | Nizhny Tagil | Vladamir Putin

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases Iran has launched a campaign that is urging people to wear face masks. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Iran's 'mask-wearing' campaign to combat surge in COVID-19 cases

Syed Ali Shah Geelani has quit the Hurriyat Conference. The 90-year-old, who had led the separatist movement in Kashmir Valley since the 1990s, was a lifelong chairman of the Hurriyat. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Syed Ali Shah Geelani quits Hurriyat | Jammu and Kashmir

Vietnam's aviation authority has grounded all Pakistani Pilots working for local airlines amid concerns from global regulators that some Pakistani Pilots may have been using fake licenses. Watch report.

WION Dispatch: Pakistani Pilots accused of using fake licenses | Vietnam

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.

WION Dispatch: Iran issues arrest warrant against Donald Trump

In Italy Army has been deployed in Mondragone after the COVID-19 outbreak was reported from the area. For days the town has been dealing with tensions between Bulgarian workers and local residents. Watch report.

Italy: Army called in virus hotspot Mondragone, 700 residents confined due to COVID-19 outbreak

Last week was the deadliest in Brazil's COVID-19 outbreak so far. The country reported around 260,000 cases and more than 7,000 deaths in just 7 days. Watch report.

Coronavirus Pandemic: 260,000 COVID-19 cases in Brazil 'deadliest week'

The British government is considering to reimpose lockdown in Leicester after a recent surge in COVID-19 infections. Watch report.

COVID-19 Pandemic: British city Leicester to face lockdown as cases surge

The mining giant which was responsible for the enormous Arctic fuel spill has now admitted wasting violation at its arctic plant. Watch report.

Metal giant pumps waste into Arctic: Major violation a month after oil spill

Facebook is now being accused of promoting hateful content taking money through misleading political advertisements and overall having a very week policy regarding combating hate. Watch report.

Facebook's CEO Zuckerberg accused of promoting hate

Careem, a unit of Uber Technologies, expects ride-hailing demand to recover to pre-pandemic levels “sometime” in 2021, encouraged by a better-than-expected pickup as countries started to ease coronavirus-related curbs.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Ride hailing firm Careem sees recovery

India’s tally of the coronavirus disease mounted to 548,318 after 19,459 new cases and 380 deaths were reported between Sunday and Monday morning.

COVID-19: India records over 19,459 cases in last 24 hours

Taiwan resumes domestic tourism as COVID-19 cases decline, yesterday the Taiwanese capital held its annual LGBT Pride parade on Sunday, making it one of the few places in the world to proceed with such an event in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taiwan resumes domestic tourism as COVID-19 cases decline

Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Sunday celebrated the first public Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral since the coronavirus pandemic began.

New York church holds first public mass since March

Four heavily-armed terrorists attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on Monday morning, killing a police sub-inspector and four security guards. In the ensuing exchange of fire, all the four terrorists were killed.

WION Exclusive: Terrorists attack Pak Stock Exchange in Karachi

The Taiwanese capital held its annual LGBT Pride parade on Sunday, making it one of the few places in the world to proceed with such an event in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taiwan stages LGBT pride parade for the world

Hong Kong police have arrested at least 53 people after scuffles erupted during a relatively peaceful protest against planned national security legislation

Silent protest march targets National Security Law in Hong Kong

Beijing city reported seven new COVID-19 cases for June 28, down from 14 a day earlier as the Chinese capital seeks to contain an outbreak.

Beijing reports 7 news confirmed cases of COVID-19

China imposed a strict lockdown to contain a fresh coronavirus cluster in a province surrounding the capital city of Beijing on Sunday.

COVID-19: China puts half a million people under lockdown In Beijing

T cells may be cross-reacting to the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, due to past infection with related coronaviruses that cause common cold symptoms.

How Coronavirus impacts our immunity? COVID-19 brief

Hundreds of Hong Kongers marched silently through the city’s streets on Sunday in protest against the looming national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government.

More than 53 arrested during silent march in Hong Kong

At a then when both the countries are fighting the same battle of coronavirus amid a rift over border dispute, Nepal Prime minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday claimed that India is hatching a conspiracy to topple his government.

Nepal PM accuses India of trying to 'topple' his government

Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazil's indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.

Increase in illegal mining threatens Brazil's last major isolated tribe

Thousands hit the streets across Spain to demand a collective rebuilding of society to tackle the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, in the biggest demonstrations since the crisis began.

Thousands hit the streets for 'social reconstruction' in Spain

Princeton University, a private Ivy league research university in New Jersey, has decided to remove the name of former US President Woodrow Wilson from a campus building.

Princeton University to remove Woodrow Wilson's name

Brazil announced on Saturday that it had signed a $127 million agreement to start producing locally an experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca that has shown promise to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brazil to produce AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine

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