The Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly put a deal on the table for US President Donald Trump. It has called for help in defeating rebel forces in exchange for access to a trove of minerals needed by US high-tech firms.

DR Congo offers minerals deal to Trump, says report

If you are a Wes Anderson fan, this is something you would like to know. An exhibition devoted to the work of filmmaker Wes Anderson has opened for the public in Paris. It is titled Wes Anderson Exhibit. The exhibition follows the chronological evolution of his work, featuring costumes and props, detailed storyboards, workbooks, script archives, and preliminary drawings.

Celebrating Wes Anderson at the Parisian Film Museum

India's Navy Chief Admiral DK Tripathi said the country is closely monitoring Chinese vessels engaging in undeclared military work in the Indian Ocean region. China, which boasts of the world's largest navy with 370 warships and submarines, has now deployed seven to eight naval vessels on a permanent basis in the Indian Ocean region.

'Monitoring activities in Indian Ocean': India's navy chief

Intense rainfall has swollen a river, causing flooding in a small town within a lake watershed in southern Peru. The deluge has forced residents to evacuate their homes and has left children unable to attend schools in this institution. Watch in for more details!

Peru: Floods hit town near Lake Titicaca, residents evacuate

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, recently launched the latest version of their chatbot, Grok 3. At the time of launch, Musk called Grok 3 the smartest AI on Earth. However, new reports suggest that Musk's chatbot has a tendency to give biased answers. Many Grok users took to social media to share how the AI chatbot was censoring facts about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk himself. When asked who the biggest misinformation spreader was, Grok 3 replied that it had been explicitly instructed by its developers not to mention Donald Trump or Musk when responding to such prompts. Watch in for more details!

Musk's AI bot Grok under scrutiny: IT Mnistry looking into what led to the use of abusive language

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has expressed concerns that the U.S. will go bankrupt if federal spending is not controlled. His statement came as a federal judge ordered an immediate halt to the shutdown of the main U.S. aid agency by the Department of Government Efficiency. This marks the latest setback to Trump’s cost-cutting and government staff reduction drive. Speaking on Fox News' Hannity show, Musk warned that the "ship of America will sink" if government waste is not addressed.

'America going bankrupt due to corruption & waste': Musk warns after USAID shutdown halted by court

Israel has announced renewed ground operations in Gaza and issued what it called a final warning for Gazans to return Israeli hostages and remove Hamas from power. Earlier this week, Israeli forces conducted the deadliest wave of airstrikes since the start of a truce in January. According to Gaza’s Civil Defense Agency, at least 470 people have been killed in the enclave since Israel resumed large-scale airstrikes. The Israeli military has stated that it has begun targeting ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip to expand the security perimeter and create a partial buffer between the north and south.

Israel-Hamas war: Israelis march for return of hostages & safeguarding of democracy

U.S. airstrikes targeted several locations under the control of the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The strikes hit the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, as well as their stronghold of Saada in the country's northwest.  Watch in for more details!

US-Houthis conflict: US airstrikes spark widespread protests in Yemen

A high drama unfolded in Punjab on Wednesday. Farmers clashed with police personnel in Mohali after talks with the government on the demand for legal guarantees for MSP (Minimum Support Price) remained inconclusive. The Punjab police detained 200 farmers along with farm leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher, who were spearheading the protest at the Punjab Haryana borders since February last year. Dallewal, who is in his 70s, has been on an indefinite fast. Earlier on Wednesday, the cancer-stricken farmer arrived in an ambulance for a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other central government ministers.

Farmers clash with Punjab police: Police razes protest site, removes farmers from state borders

Sri Lanka's fugitive police chief has surrendered to authorities and been remanded in custody, weeks after his arrest was ordered over a botched raid that killed a fellow officer. Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon stands accused of authorizing an ill-fated drug bust in 2023, allegedly in violation of internal regulations, which sparked a gun battle between competing police units. He surrendered after police raided his private home on Tuesday, where they seized over a thousand bottles of liquor, his service revolver, and two phones. Earlier, the Court of Appeal had rejected Tennakoon petition to quash the arrest warrant issued against him.

Sri Lanka's police chief Tennakoon surrenders weeks after arrest order

In mid-March, Marina Budiman, President Commissioner of DCI Indonesia, saw her fortune soar to an impressive $7.5 billion. Over the span of three weeks, she became $350 million richer each day as her company’s shares repeatedly hit the daily limit. However, this rapid rise was short-lived. In just three days, DCI’s stock crashed, wiping out half of their combined fortunes. Watch in for more details!

Indonesia's richest woman loses $3.6 bn in 3 days

Tanzania’s economy is growing rapidly, projected to expand by 6% this year, driven by significant infrastructure investments. However, this growth is coming at a cost to the Tanzanian shilling, which has weakened by 8.9% in 2025, making it the world’s worst-performing currency. Watch in for more details!

Tanzania's shilling declines 8.9%, world's worst-performing currency

Elon Musk has issued a stark warning—if the growing U.S. deficit is not controlled, America could face bankruptcy. Speaking in an interview, Musk said the average taxpayer should be "mad as hell" over wasteful spending. The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, led by Musk, has spearheaded major cost-cutting measures, claiming $105 billion in savings from layoffs, contract cancellations, and reduced federal leases. However, experts argue that these cuts make up only a fraction of the government's overall spending, which has already crossed $2.4 trillion since October. Watch in for more details!

Trump & Musk push for spending cuts—can it fix the deficit?

In an exclusive show on tokenization, Token Money Magnet, the future of finance, let's listen to what Mahesh Murthy, the founder of Pinstorm has to say about tokenization. Watch in for more details!

Tokenization for a transparent future | Pinstorm founder Mahesh Murthy shares key insights

The U.S. Department of Labor is set to delete all visa and labor certification records older than 5 years from its Foreign Labor Access Gateway, or FLAG, on March 20, 2025. Employers and legal representatives must download necessary records before the March 19 deadline.

US employers must save visa records before March 19

The Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up for an action-packed 2025, with a series of landmark missions lined up. Fresh off its 100th launch, ISRO has set its sights on even more ambitious goals. They range from the uncrewed Gaganyaan mission to cutting-edge advancements in space docking and rocket technology.

ISRO Chief Speaks To WION, Shares 2025 Plans

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, that the U.S. could own and run Ukraine's nuclear power plants as part of Zelensky's bid to secure a ceasefire in Russia's invasion of its neighbor. A day after speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin for about two hours, Trump held what he described as a very good, hour-long phone call with Zelensky. On the other hand, the Ukrainian president labeled his conversation with his U.S. counterpart as positive, frank, and very substantive. Watch in for more details!

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelensky says under 'no pressure' from Trump to make concessions

Antigua and Barbuda has said that it will assist India in the legal process regarding fugitive Mehul Choksi. Speaking to WION's Sidhant sibal, Antigua and Barbuda foreign minister Chet Greene said,'we are country of laws, his citizenship is challenged by Indian govt. It is legal process. It is country laws. We will not interfere . Will assist in ensuring legal process continues'

The Mehul Choksi case centers around a massive financial scandal involving the Punjab National Bank (PNB), where Choksi, a prominent diamantaire and the owner of Gitanjali Group, is accused of orchestrating a fraud exceeding Rs 14,000 crore (approximately $2 billion USD). 

Choksi left India on January 7, 2018, claiming it was for medical reasons, and subsequently acquired citizenship in Antigua and Barbuda through its Citizenship by Investment Program in November 2017, taking the oath in January 2018.

Will assist India in legal process, Antigua on Mehul Choksi case | WION exclusive interview

Europe is rearming, faced with an unrelenting U.S. position on NATO under the Trump Administration. The European Union is preparing a collective plan to ramp up defense expenditure. The EU is spending $875 billion in a collective effort to boost NATO's military capacity. In addition, Brussels plans to provide a $160 billion loan for each member state to strengthen its military. Watch in for more details!

European Union to scale up defence spending

Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, an American fashion designer pursued her own brand of 'catwalk diplomacy' at Moscow Fashion Week. Here's more in our next report.

Moscow Fashion Week 2025: Decoding catwalk diplomacy

Farmers Clash with Punjab Police,  Dallewal, Pandher and 200 others detained

Balochistan remains the biggest security headache for Pakistan. The train hijacked by the Balochistan Liberation Army is the latest episode in the surging violence in the province. The hijacking marks a new chapter in the Baloch movement, an armed insurgency seeking independence for the mineral-rich region. WION's Pakistan Bureau Chief Anas Mallick visited Balochistan after the recent attacks...brings you a ground report!

Why is Balochistan under shadow of terror? | WION exclusive ground report

Round-up of top and latest news from the world of technology:

- EU Accuses Apple, Google Of Violating Digital Market Rules 
- Massive Data Breach Hits US Teacher's Union, Over 500,000 Affected

EU accuses Apple, Google of violating digital market rules

Turkish police have detained Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, over graft and tourism allegations. This has prompted outrage from the opposition, which has slammed the move as a politically motivated coup. Protests erupted in the capital, Ankara, with crowds demonstrating against the detention of Mayor İmamoğlu. Watch in for more details!

Turkey: Protests erupt against mayor's detention; demonstrators chant slogans against Erdogan govt

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