BBC: It’s a busy day at Woodlands Checkpoint, Singapore’s main land crossing on the border with Malaysia, and thousands of cars are slowly trundling past the watchful eyes of customs officer Belinda Liaw and her team. Suddenly Liaw steps forward, signalling at a white Toyota van to stop. Her team swarms the vehicle immediately, their […]
BBC: President Zelensky has called Ukraine’s air defence supplies “insufficient”, having revealed several systems were “without missiles” until Friday morning. “I can say this openly because today I have those missiles,” the president said, adding that Ukraine had received a “substantial package” earlier in the day. His comments follow days of intense Russian bombardment of […]
BBC: Flooding in South Africa’s northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga has forced the famed Kruger National Park to halt visits and evacuate some guests and staff by helicopter. At least 19 people have died in recent weeks in South Africa after torrential rain led to floods that have damaged thousands of homes, washing some […]
BBC: A bipartisan group of members of the US Congress is visiting Denmark in what is seen as a show of support in the face of increasing pressure from President Donald Trump for the US to annex Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of Denmark in the Arctic. The 11-member delegation is due to meet MPs […]
BBC: South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol will be jailed for five years overabuse of power, obstructing justice and falsifying documentsin relation to his failed martial law bid in 2024. This is the first of the verdicts in four trials linked to his shock martial law decree. Although short-lived, the move triggered nationwide turmoil, […]
BBC: US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. He threatened to send in troops following a night of protests and vandalism in the Minnesota city after an agent shot a man in the leg. The Department of Homeland Security […]
BBC: Israel has moved the blocks which are supposed to mark its post-ceasefire line of control deeper into Gaza in several places, sowing confusion among Palestinians. Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show that in at least three areas Israel placed blocks, before returning later and moving the positions further into the Strip. Under the […]
BBC: A fire that broke out following a large explosion at a house in the Dutch city of Utrecht was caused by a gas leak, officials say. At least four people were injured in the incident, which happened near Visscherssteeg, an alley in the city centre, on Thursday afternoon. Utrecht Mayor Sharon Dijksma said none […]
NDTV: A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight narrowly escaped the Iranian airspace before Tehran suddenly shut its airspace amid the spiralling unrest in the country. The sudden closure of the skies threw international flight operations into disarray, with major Indian airlines rerouting or cancelling some of their international flights. Flight-tracking data showed IndiGo flight 6E1808, which departed […]
BBC: Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition in parliament, Pritam Singh, has been stripped of his title by the prime minister following a vote by lawmakers. The vote took place on Wednesday in parliament, which is overwhelmingly dominated by the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP). The move follows Singh’s conviction for lying under oath to a […]