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CNN's Anchor and Host of Fareed Zakaria GPS - Fareed Zakaria sits down with Astro AWANI to outline some of the key challenges that is facing our world today. He even spells out what the "Greatest Challenge Of Our Time" is.

Would you dare to try the world's spiciest ice-cream? Its 500 times more spicy than tabasco sauce and customers have to be 18 years and above to try it. This latest, possibly life-threatening gastronomic trend can be found at Aldwych Cafe in Glasgow. 2018 is the year of new emojis! Emojipedia just released the full list of more than 150+ emojis for iPhone users for 2018 including emojis with various hair styles, bald emojis and new animal emojis. China's Forest City boasts 1mil plants--40,000 trees from over 100+ species--as part of the Chinese government's effort to reduce air pollution and encourage sustainability.

A mother had the fright of her life when she almost drown in a massive ball pit at a mall. The video of her scrambling for help went viral and the shopping mall's management is looking into the safety aspect of the attraction. A Chinese Zoo was under fire for feeding live puppies to its pythons. Shocked visitors recorded videos of the puppies--unsure whether they are dead or alive--encircled by the python. Chinese New Year is coming and the world's biggest human migration kickstarted early this month.

Island Paradise in Turmoil, kids in F1, Facebook Friends Day and Han Solo is back!

The Indian Finance Minister will table the 2018 budget. We look back at how the previous finance ministers performed, and what their legacies are.

Two world leaders made headlines, as PM Najib Razak drops hints and US President Donald Trump sparked conversations with his State Of The Union Address. Plus, the two Koreas come together.

After a barrage of horrendous sexual harassment cases like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, once in a while, a not-so-clear case like Aziz Ansari comes up and reignites the debate - what’s flirting and what’s harassment? Is it always the men or is it also the women sometimes? Luqman Hariz discusses with Astro AWANI’s lovely ladies.

We ask the question on what does it take for SMEs to do proper branding. A survey seems to hold some of the answers. Ibrahim Sani​ explores further with Bizsphere Brand & Marketing Group​.

Britain appoints a Minister of Loneliness to tackle the challenges of social isolation affecting more than 9million people in the country. According to research, around 200,000 older people have not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month and up to 85% of young disabled adults - 18-34 year olds - feel lonely. Loneliness has also been described as a "hidden epidemic" affecting people across all ages at various moments in their life.

DBKL said they may impound houses whose occupants throw rubbish down, while they will also install safety nets. But is it enough? Also, Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh will now be sent back to Myanmar. What awaits them?