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Bolivian Congress gives Paz power to use troops against crippling protests

A month of heated protests calling for the centre-right president to step down have paralysed the country.

Moldova's president pushes for development of interceptor drones

CHISINAU, June 7 - Moldova's President Maia Sandu said the war in neighbouring Ukraine showed that her country badly needed high-technology interceptor drones and new legislation was required to facilitate their manufacture.

Israel army uncovers vast tunnel network under Beaufort castle in Lebanon

Footage released by the military showed one narrow tunnel similar to those found beneath Gaza, equipped with washrooms, beds and other household items.

Russian drone hit nuclear-fuel storage facility near Chornobyl, Ukraine says

KYIV, June 7 - A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's disused Chornobyl power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, adding that radiation levels at the site remained stable.

German carmakers weigh China, defence tie-ups for idle plants

Entering the defence sector could be controversial for Volkswagen, founded when the Nazis were in power.

Luxury yacht catches fire at Sentosa Cove marina

Thick black smoke billowed from the vessel at ONE15 Marina Sentosa Cove on Sunday (Jun 7) morning.

Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says power supply has been restored

MOSCOW, June 6 - The Russian-installed management of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant said on Saturday that it had restored the Ferrosplavnaya-1 power line, which supplies electricity to the plant.

This kebaya-wearing high sheriff is a Singaporean who volunteers with vulnerable communities in Wales

Mrs Shereen Aziz Williams never expected to build a life overseas much less in a place she knew next to nothing about. Twenty years on however, she's not only thriving in her new home but also giving back and injecting a bit of Singapore into her work.

Screwworm border closure fuels beef boom in Mexico, gloom in Texas

LUBBOCK, Texas/SALTILLO, Mexico, June 6 - Lubbock Feeders has been fattening cattle in West Texas since Dwight Eisenhower was U.S. president. Now, row upon row of pens sit empty.

Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by US, appears at event in Havana

HAVANA, June 5 - Cuba's former leader Raul Castro appeared at an Interior Ministry celebration in Havana, showed state television on Friday, in the elder statesman's first public appearance since his indictment on murder charges last month in the United States.

Trump, campaigning for Republicans in Wisconsin, vows quick end to Iran war

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisconsin, June 5 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to end the Iran war quickly and remove a source of high prices as he campaigned in rural central Wisconsin in a bid to help Republicans keep control of Congress in midterm elections.

Pope Leo heads to Spain with migrants and polarisation in focus

VATICAN CITY, June 6 - Pope Leo leaves on Saturday for a week-long visit to Spain, his first to an EU country outside Italy, where he will inaugurate a new tower in Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia basilica and meet migrants who braved dangerous Atlantic waters to reach Europe.

Guinea president's coalition wins legislative majority, results show

CONAKRY, June 5 - Political parties backing Guinea's coup-leader-turned-President Mamady Doumbouya have won a majority in the bauxite-rich West African country's legislative elections, the electoral authority said on Friday, tightening his grip on power.

Russia's Rosatom says Ukrainian drone hit engineers demining areas around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

June 5 - Russia's nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said on Friday that a Ukrainian drone had deliberately struck engineers demining an area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, injuring at least three people.

Power meets guile as Andreeva faces fairytale qualifier Chwalinska

An all-nighter, six articles and an NTU campus newspaper born again

Amid a generation that gets its news in short clips, student publications often see little readership and interest. The students behind them, however, are determined to make sure they stay.

Israel plans first embassy in Slovenia, says foreign minister

June 5 - Israel plans to open an embassy in Slovenia, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said late on Thursday, a sign of a thaw in relations since a new centre-right government took power in Ljubljana.

Singapore to ease restrictions on operating new hotels, hostels in heritage precincts at Boat Quay, Beach Road

Proposals for new short-term accommodation uses in the areas were generally not allowed to avoid "over-proliferation", says the Urban Redevelopment Authority.

Commentary: UMNO’s ‘selective confrontations’ in Johor, Negeri Sembilan seek to push Anwar into a corner. What's next?

The impending snap polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan are not simply state-level electoral contests. They are opening salvos by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) to set the stage for a national power struggle that will test the foundations of Malaysia’s first genuine multi-coalition government, writes CNA's Leslie Lopez.

Fresh graduates may need to adjust salary expectations amid economic uncertainty: Analysts

Around one in three university graduates rejected job offers as the wages were too low, according to a survey conducted by the manpower ministry in 2025.