Over the next six months, more than 100 000 hectares of land will require direct control interventions in Somalia. #Somalia #Locust #Africa

Somalia hit by worst locust invasion in 25 years

United States President Donald Trump has signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, authorising the establishment of Space Force which would become the sixth branch of the armed forces. #US #USPresident #DonaldTrump #USSpaceforce

President Donald Trump officially launches US Space Force

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he regrets being away on vacation with his family as fires raged across South Australia. #Australia #ScottMorrison #Australiafire

Australia: PM Scott Morrison apologises as bushfires rage

Ashraf Ghani recently won the majority in Afghanistan's presidential poll. The preliminary results of the presidential polls in Afghanistan were announced today (December 22), nearly three months after the voting that was marred by low turnout and fraud claims. #WION #AshrafGhani #AfghanistanPolls

Ashraf Ghani wins majority in Afghanistan's presidential poll

Having a perfect holiday requires a lot of planning. Here is the survey of Associated Press over Holiday stress.

Is your holiday giving you stress?

Australia's eastern coast has been hit by a record breaking heat wave. #Australia #Sydneyfire

Catastrophic fires sweep across Australia

The nuclear power station was officially taken offline at 12.30 when the last control rod was removed from between the fuel elements.

Switzerland shuts down nuclear plant

Switzerland shuts down the 47-year-old Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear power station went off the grid on Friday (December 20). #WION #Switzerland #NuclearPowerPlant

Switzerland shuts down 47-year-old Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant

Black-listed Zakir Naik refuged by Malaysia. He was spotted at Malaysia summit and shook hand with Malaysian PM Mahathir Bin Mohamad as well. Zakir Naik is basically blacklisted for his hate speeches. #ZakirNaik #HateSpeeches #Malaysia

Black-listed Zakir Naik refuged by Malaysia, spotted at Malaysia summit

Indian Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar has landed himself in a controversy after the meeting cancelled with senate & house leaders of U.S. #US #Jaishankar

S. Jaishankar landed himself in a controversy after meeting cancelled with U.S. lawmakers

Anti-CAA protests have intensified in various parts of the country, the Parliament passed the CAA last week. Act grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

India: Stir over CAA escalates, 6 protesters die in UP

The U.S. blacklists China & Pakistan. Both countries languish in the blacklist and designated for lack of religious freedom. #US #China #Pakistan

U.S. blacklists China & Pak, both languish in the blacklist

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a $738 billion defence policy bill that Congress passed earlier in the week and which officially creates his new "Space Force". #WION #DonaldTrump

Trump signs defense bill worth $738 bn that officially launches 'Space Force'

Thousands of protesters marched in support of China's Uighurs in Istanbul on Friday and voiced solidarity with Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil after the furore caused by his criticism of China's policies toward the Muslim minority. #Uighurs #Ozil #China #WION

Istanbul: Thousands march in support of Uighurs getting inspired by Ozil

Prime Minister of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur summit in Malaysia criticized the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Act by questioning the necessity of the law. Indian foreign ministry hits back by rejecting all claims and mentioned Indian citizenship law as India's internal matter. #CAA #KualaLumpurSummit #IndianCitizenshipLaw

Indian sends strong message to Malaysia over it's comment on CAA

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) may have to disclose its assets before it can freeze plans to sell 20% stake in its refining and petrochemicals business to Saudi Aramco. #SaudiAramco #RelianceIndustries #MukeshAmbani #WION

Indian govt seeks to halt RIL's plan to sell stake to Aramco

88,000 Saudi-backed accounts have been banned by Twitter over peddling propaganda. These accounts were aimed to boost the Saudi government's popularity. #SaudiArabia #UAE #Twitter #WION

88,000 Saudi-backed accounts banned by Twitter over peddling propaganda

Two cruise ships collided next to a port in Mexico's island of Cozumel on Friday morning, causing damage to the stern of Carnival Corporation's Carnival Glory, videos posted on social media by passengers on a third ship showed. #Mexico #WION #Cozumel

Two cruise ships collide in Mexico's Cozumel while trying to dock at port

France's competition authority on Friday fined Google 150 million euros for anti-competitive behaviour and for having unclear advertising on the Google Ads page. #Google #France #WION

Google fined by France over power misuse during advertisements' treatment

Malaysian PM criticized Indian CAA, India hits back by rejecting Mahathir's claims

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs meeting with the ministers over Anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests. Resentment against the citizenship law is continuously growing amid the country. 9 people have been died in the clashed in Uttar Pradesh. 50 police personnel got injured. #AntiCAAProtests #CAA #PMModi #WION

PM Modi chairs meeting with ministers over Anti-CAA protest

India cancelled their Foreign Minister S Jaishankar's meeting with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. The Indian government said a foreign minister can't be forced to meet someone 'with agenda'. #WION #IndiaNews #SJaishankar

India irked by invite to Pramila Jayapal

As the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) becomes a law in India, opposition to it is growing far and wide across the nation. The December 19th protest against the law across India, accompanied with violence, arson and destruction of public properties in many cities came up as a surprise for the security establishments because violence, arson and stone-pelting had been used in an organized and methodical way everywhere. It points towards the presence of a systemic strategy effectively coordinated by local handlers as per a larger plan.

Anti-CAA protests: 15 people arrested for violence in Delhi

Has New Zealand Guns Amnesty & Buy-Back Scheme Failed To Achieve The Desired Result? #Gravitas #NewZealand #NewZealandGunsAmnesty

Gravitas: New Zealand Govt Ends Guns Amnesty & Buy-Back Scheme

Recent Death Sentence Given To Gen. Musharraf Has Exposed The Crisis In Democracy In Pakistan. #Gravitas #Pakistan #Democracy #Musharraf

Gravitas: Pakistan: Army Versus Judiciary

Key Takeaways From Chinese President Xi Jinping's Visit To Macau. #Gravitas #Macau #XiJinping

Gravitas: Xi Jinping's Macau Visit: A P.R Exercise For China!

Unrest In Poland Over New Law That Stifles The Judiciary These are times when a single law can shake the fundamentals of a country. #Gravitas #WION #Poland #PolandControversialbill

Gravitas: Poland's Controversial New Law

Protests Against Citizenship Amendment Act Continue, Violent Protests In Parts Of The Country Protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act continue across the country. #Gravitas #CAA #CAAprotest #Delhi

Gravitas: Stir Over Citizenship Amendment Act

Throwing Some Light On One Of India's Most Misunderstood Concepts - Secularism. #Gravitas #Secularism

Gravitas: The Much-Debated Secularism Word

On December 19 simultaneous protests raged in multiple cities with thousands-strong crowds of students, activists and others defying prohibitory orders to voice their dissent against the new citizenship law, resulting in violence in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, where three people were killed in police firing. #CAA #CAAProtest #AntiCitizenshiplaw

Anti-Citizenship Law protests spread to more parts of India

No Unity On Any Common Issue Among Muslim-Majority Countries One look at the Muslim-majority countries shows that there is no common stance on any major issue confronting the community; Palestine, uighur detention camps, War in Yemen, Rohingya crisis, Syria or Libya. #Gravitas #CAA #Uighur #Muslim

WION Edit: Political Fronts In Muslim World Have Betrayed Muslim People

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