Society

Anti-government protests in Lebanese capital Beirut leave at least 140 injured

The protesters want swift measures to pull Lebanon out of the crumbling economy

Jan 20, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Iran warns of 'final step' on nuclear deal

After the American assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, Tehran said limits on its nuclear industry would be off

Jan 20, 2020

By IANS

Democratic candidates in Iowa and South Carolina to campaign on King's birthday

The candidates will spend Monday seeking votes from black voters in the two states that are among the first states to cast the ballot

Jan 20, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

WATCH: Chinese theme park makes a large pig bungee jump off tower

Called as the golden pig bungee jump by the organizers, the incident took place at the Meixin Red Wine Town theme park in Chongqing.

Jan 20, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Two men make 'Earth sandwich', 20,000 km apart

In order to make sure that they were precisely opposite each other, the men used longitude and latitude

Jan 20, 2020

By IANS

Space

Ukraine pressurizing Iran for the black boxes from plane crash

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister told the reporters that the country would try to get the black boxes from the crash while the Iranian delegation visited the country

Jan 20, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Honolulu shooting: 2 police officers die in line of duty, first time since 2003

Officers were responding to a call on Sunday evening and found a woman with a stab wound to her leg.

Jan 20, 2020

By Pritha Mallick

71% parents believe video games good for teens

Most of the parents believe that there is certain positive impacts on their children because of video games

Jan 20, 2020

By IANS

China to ban single-use plastics

China is on its way to an environment friendly plan to reduce single use plastic across the country, said the Chinese media on Monday

Jan 20, 2020

By IANS

Chinese New Year 2017: Glimpses of colourful spring festival celebrations in China

Wuhan virus and Chinese New Year: How China can contain epidemic

Around 400 million Chinese people are set to travel through the next few days, posing a stiff challenge to health authorities..

Jan 20, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus

The New York Times endorses not one but two candidates as Democratic nominees

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar have been endorsed for the presidency

Jan 20, 2020

By Shubhangi Shah

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

What is Black January? Azerbaijani freedom and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remembered

Russian military action happened in the backdrop of the continued fight between the Azerbaijanis and the Armenians.

Jan 20, 2020

By Jacob J

Who is Isabel dos Santos -- The Angolan billionaire woman who left behind an empty treasury

Angola's Isabel dos Santos's financial dealings have come to light because of the actions of Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa leaking several documents to ICIJ

Jan 20, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad warns of one-term government if Infighting continues

Malaysian PM joined forces with former political opponents and led the Alliance of Hope or the Pakatan Harapan coalition, to a massive victory in May 2018's elections

Jan 20, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Indonesia: Footbridge collapses in south Jakarta collapses, 3 died

Collapse of footbridge over Indonesia river kills at least nine

Disaster mitigation officials said that a footbridge collapse in Sumatra Indonesia has led to the death of at least nine people and one person was still missing

Jan 20, 2020

By Reuters