Our correspondent Siddhant Sibbal talks to Thailand's Ambassador to India about how Ramayana and Ayodhya connect India and Thailand in many ways. Watch the video to know more.

Ram Mandir: Thailand Ambassador to India talks to WION about connect between India & Thailand

According to a top Canadian official, Canada issued significantly fewer study permits to Indian students in the latter part of last year as a result of India expelling Canadian diplomats who were responsible for processing the permits and a diplomatic spat over the death of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada.

Study permits to students from India drop due to dispute: Canada minister

India home to 118k recognised start-ups; Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu top list.

India releases list of top start-up states; Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu top list

India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar was in Iran on an official visit. The visit comes amid rising Houthi attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. Watch this video for all details.

India's Jaishankar discusses Houthi attacks near India during Iran visit

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui in Moscow hold a joint news conference after talks with, as the two countries deepen economic, political, and military ties. Choe arrived in Russia on Sunday (January 14). Watch to know more!

Moscow-Pyongyang relations: Lavrov holds talks with North Korean counterpart

Fresh off the resounding victory Donald Trump appeared in New York for a defamation trial, And then returned to New Hampshire for campaigning. Also sharing the stage with him was Businessmen turned politician Vivek Ramaswamy, who quit presidential race after poor iowa performance.

Vivek Ramaswamy calls Trump 'Commander-in-Chief in New Hampshire

Trump back in courthouse for second defamation trial. Elle magazine columnist claims Trump defamed her in 2019. E. Jean Carroll seeks $10 million in defamation case against trump. Watch to know more!

Donald Trump attends defamation damages trial in New York

Donald Trump held an early lead in Iowa's first-in-the-nation Republican nominating contest on Monday, according to an Edison Research entrance poll. Listen in the Trump's addresses to the Iowa supporters after his win.

Donald Trump wins, Haley and DeSantis battle for second place in Iowa caucus

Donald Trump muscled past his rivals to capture the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa on Monday, according to Edison Research projections, once more asserting his dominance over the party as he seeks a third consecutive nomination.

Donald Trump wins first Republican contest of US Presidential race

Donald Trump to wins Iowa caucus, second place up for grabs

YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers. The Google-owned streaming service is warning users to disable ad blockers. YouTube says that ads on its platform support creators globally.

YouTube starts global crack down on ad blockers, slows down site to fight ad blockers

Iowa caucuses: Litmus test for GOP candidates, Haley & DeSantis in close battle for second place

Donald Trump secured a resounding victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa on Monday, asserting his dominance over the party as he seeks a third consecutive nomination and a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden.

Trump wins Iowa Republican Caucus | Vivek Ramaswamy ends White House run | WION Speed News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday called for the constitution to be changed to ensure that South Korea is seen as the "primary foe" and warned his country did not intend to avoid war should it happen. North Korea should also plan for "Completely occupying, subjugating and reclaiming" South Korea in the event of a war, and South Koreans should also no longer be referred to as fellow countrymen, Kim added, calling for the severing of all inter-Korean communication.

North Korea's Kim Jong says, 'no intention of avoiding war with South Korea'

Hong Kong’s property firms face a squeeze in 2024 from rising funding costs & sluggish home sales & office rentals. According to reports, some of hong kong’s major banks have cut-off fresh financing to the city’s highly leveraged or weak property companies.

Citi predicts home prices to slump in 2024

In a huge setback to Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, oppostion party Maldives Democratic Party (MDP)'s candidate Adam Azim won the mayoral elections of Male amid the ongoing diplomatic standoff with India.

Maldives: President Muizzu's party loses mayoral polls amid diplomatic tensions with India

Microsoft has declared that WordPad, a mainstay Windows program for more than 30 years, will no longer be included in next versions of Windows 11. First released in Windows 95, the text editing tool will not be installed automatically in Windows 11 and will eventually be phased away entirely.

After 30 years, Microsoft is finally removing WordPad from Windows

Zambians on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 350 in the country's most populous province.

Cholera outbreak claims 350 more lives in Zambia

As part of initiatives to eradicate corruption in China's armed forces, a senior commander of the People's Liberation Army has demanded stricter rules and improved supervision of influential figures.

China’s military graft-busters told to scrutinise the powerful officials

Pope Francis on Sunday defended a landmark decision approving blessings for same-sex couples, suggesting that those in the Catholic Church who have resisted it have jumped to "ugly conclusions" because they do not understand it.

Pope defends conditional same-sex blessings decision, says those against have misunderstood it

Residents returned briefly to an evacuated fishing town in Iceland on Thursday for the first time since a volcanic eruption to check on their homes and collect some belongings. Scientists who flew over the area on Thursday said lava flows had continued to diminish and no volcanic activity was visible.

Volcano erupts in Southwest Iceland, flowing lava reaches fishing town

On Monday, when the Midwestern state kicks off the 2024 White House nomination race with its caucuses, farmers from Iowa have decided to choose Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over frontrunner and former president Donald Trump. Watch this report for more details.

Iowa caucus: Iowa poll shows Haley ahead of DeSantis, with Trump still in lead

French President Emmanuel Macron named Gabriel Attal as the country’s new prime minister, as he seeks to set a fresh course ahead of the summer’s European Union elections. Gabriel Attal, at 34, became France’s youngest Prime Minister, and the first to be openly gay.

France's new government announced with only one major change in foreign ministry

Storms moving into the US Northeast have triggered another controversy involving migrants. The New York City administration was forced to evacuate nearly 2,000 migrants.

New York evacuates migrants to school, Mayor defends shifting migrants

The United States and Britain launched strikes against sites linked to the Houthi movement in Yemen, the first on the country since the Iran-backed group started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea late last year.

UK, US strike Houthi targets | Trump's fraud trial wraps up | Protests in Warsaw | WION Speed News

The British Parliament has turned into a mouse house. There have been a total of 1,000 sightings of rats & other vermin inside the parliament building in the last 3 years. Molly Gambhir brings you a report.

Gravitas: British Parliament turns into a 'mouse house'

Chinese President Xi Jinping has committed to intensify the fight against corruption in important industries like infrastructure, energy, and finance, according to state media. Breaking with established political conventions, Xi took office in 2022 and immediately began his second decade as China's top leader. Since then, he has fought a valiant battle against corruption.

Gravitas: China's Xi Jinping vows intensified crackdown on corruption

Did the disinformation campaign help Mohamed Muizzu come to power in Maldives? According to a new report by the European Election Observation Mission, Maldives' ruling coalition made multiple disinformation attempts online, to whip up anti-India sentiment in the run-up to the elections.

Gravitas: Did Muizzu use lies to win his election and seize power?

Pope Francis has made some controversial remarks on surrogacy. He has called it "deplorable" and urged for a global ban on the assisted reproductive technology. Is this practice really deplorable or is it simply a matter of choice?

Gravitas: Pope Francis calls surrogacy deplorable

WION EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan's first Hindu woman candidate who has decided to contest the general elections. Dr Saveera Parkash, filed nomination from Buner constituency in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In an exclusive conversation with WION's principal correspondent Siddhant Sibbal, Dr Saveera says she wants to be the voice of minorities in the muslim majority country.

Dr Saveera Parkash, Pakistan's first Hindu woman poll contestant speaks to WION

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