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India's GDP stays robust in January-March as domestic demand offsets external weakness

World food prices slip in May, still near 3-year high, FAO says

The index remained near its highest level since January 2023 and 18.4% below its March 2022 peak.

White House to replace National Security Council’s Europe chief amid broader shake-up

The shake-up may put more of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's aides in important positions.

White House to replace National Security Council's Europe chief amid broader shake-up

WASHINGTON, June 4 - The White House's top Europe expert is set to leave in the coming days, part of a staff shake-up that some sources say could give Secretary of State Marco Rubio tighter day-to-day control over policymaking at the National Security Council.

UN peacekeeper killed, two wounded in shelling in Lebanon

June 4 - A Serbian U.N. peacekeeper in Lebanon died on Thursday from wounds sustained when mortar shells hit his position near Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon late the previous night, the seventh peacekeeper killed in the country since March.

UN peacekeeper from Serbia killed in southern Lebanon

The death brings to seven the number of UN peacekeepers killed since March.

Hungarian prosecutors drop charges against Budapest mayor for organising Pride march

BUDAPEST, June 4 - Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest's liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in organising an LGBTQ+ rights rally in 2025, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Trump says Vance-Rubio team-up for 2028 will be ‘very hard to beat’

Vice-President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio “get along great”, he says.

UN chief Guterres presents options for future Lebanon presence

He noted that the situation in Lebanon had deteriorated dramatically since March.

US top diplomat Rubio hopeful for Iran deal, insists on nuclear curbs

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted that Tehran must reopen the shipping channel for any peace agreement to take hold.

US sanctions Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex

Nobitex handled roughly US$5 billion (S$6.4 billion) in transactions from 2025 to March 2026.

US to re-engage with Gavi vaccine alliance amid Ebola outbreak, Rubio says

WASHINGTON/LONDON, June 2 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the U.S. would re-engage with the global vaccine alliance Gavi amid the Ebola outbreak in several African countries.

Chile's Kast launches legislative agenda as he seeks to restore popularity

SANTIAGO, June 1 - Chile's far-right President Jose Antonio Kast, who took office in March, promised a legislative agenda that prioritizes fighting crime, cutting spending and boosting economic growth in his first national address on Monday at the start of Congress' session.

British police reviewing video of actor Helen Mirren facing ‘anti-Semitic’ abuse

Over 90 hate crime arrests have been made in London since the end of March.

US intends to designate two Brazilian gangs as 'terrorist organizations', Rubio says

May 28 - The United States intends to designate Brazilian gangs PCC and Comando Vermelho as \"Foreign Terrorist Organizations\" from June 5, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday.

Chief Megaron vows to take the legacy of Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni forward

PYKANY VILLAGE, Brazil, May 28 - Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Kayapo people, has spent decades defending Indigenous rights, from securing the demarcation of his people’s land in the Amazon to opposing hydropower projects and illegal mining.

Brazil presidential hopeful Bolsonaro adds Rubio, Vance talks to Washington trail

SAO PAULO, May 27 - Brazilian Senator and presidential contender Flavio Bolsonaro said he met with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday, following an Oval Office visit with President Donald Trump the day before.

Toxic fumes from Tehran oil fires in March affected area size of Italy

Sulphur dioxide has strong irritant and corrosive properties and is a major precursor of acid rain.

Iran health official says supreme leader suffered only ‘superficial’ wounds in US-Israel strike

The 56-year-old has not appeared publicly since he was named as Iran’s supreme leader on March 8.

Rubio says US will find 'another way' if Iran talks fail

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, May 25 - The United States will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country \"another way,\" Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, as Washington played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war.