DUBAI, May 20 — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 19 — Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas across the Gaza Strip, residents said, as White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday amid US calls for a more focused military campaign.

DENPASAR, May 19 — Elon Musk and Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin launched SpaceX's satellite internet service for the nation's health sector on Sunday, aiming to improve access in remote parts of the sprawling archipelago.

SINGAPORE, May 18 — Singapore has stepped up security measures, including at the country’s checkpoints, following an attack at Ulu Tiram police station in Johor yesterday, which killed two police officers and injured another.

TAIPEI, May 18 — Taiwan's next president Lai Ching-te will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island's relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday (May 20), said an incoming senior security official.

BANGKOK, May 18 — Forty caretaker senators petitioned Thailand's Constitutional Court yesterday to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over a Cabinet appointment, which they say breaches the Constitution.

SINGAPORE, May 17 — Singapore strongly condemns the attack at Ulu Tiram police station in Johor today, which led to the death of two police officers and injured another.

BANGKOK, May 17 — The Thai government will collaborate with Malaysia to stimulate tourism for both countries via the "Asean Drive Tourism Project".

LONDON, May 17 — The life expectancy worldwide is expected to increase by almost five years by 2050, new findings suggest.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — Malaysia said it strongly supports South Africa for its resolute effort to stop the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

SINGAPORE, May 16 — Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong spoke with leaders in the region over the phone on his first day in office today, including with his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalified a new dengue vaccine TAK-003 on May 10.

JAKARTA, May 16 — The number of people killed by weekend flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province has risen to 67, and 20 are still missing, authorities said today as the government plans to relocate survivors.

LOS ANGELES, May 16 — NASA plans to launch a new mission this month to study the heat loss from the polar regions and provide information on changing climate, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — World leaders have extended their congratulations to Lawrence Wong upon his swearing-in as Singapore’s fourth prime minister.

SINGAPORE, May 15 — Newly-appointed Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said his government will strengthen partnerships “near and far” while advancing the nation’s interests in the backdrop of rising rivalry and tension in the international sphere.

SINGAPORE, May 15 — Lawrence Wong has been sworn in as Singapore’s fourth Prime Minister at the Istana this evening.

JAKARTA, May 15 — The death toll from floods and cold lava mudflows in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has climbed to 58, said the country's disaster management agency said today, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

SINGAPORE, May 15 — Singapore will inaugurate Lawrence Wong today as its new Prime Minister and fourth leader since independence six decades ago, completing a carefully calibrated power transfer designed to guarantee continuity in the wealthy city-state.

WASHINGTON, May 15 — A group of TikTok creators said yesterday they filed suit in a United States federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it, saying it has had “a profound effect on American life”.