UNITED NATIONS, April 20 — Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody intercommunal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council on Friday.

SINGAPORE, April 19 — All travellers entering or leaving Singapore carrying Physical Currency and Bearer Negotiable Instruments (CBNI) that value more than S$20,000 or its equivalent in a foreign currency, must submit the necessary declarations electronically with effect from May 13.

SAN JOSE (California), April 19 — The Chinese government has ordered Apple to remove WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese App Store, the US tech giant said, reported German news agency (dpa).

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, April 19 — Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation — a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.

DUBAI, April 19 — Dubai's main airport said on Friday it is limiting the number of flights arriving for two days, as it continues to struggle to clear a backlog three days after a record storm swept the United Arab Emirates.

KAIRANA/CHENNAI, April 19 — Indians began voting on Friday in the world's largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare, Hindu nationalism and personal popularity.

WASHINGTON, April 19 — Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a US official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Asean foreign ministers have called on all parties for an immediate cessation of violence and to exercise utmost restraint in the border areas of Myanmar.

JAKARTA, April 19 — At least 32 families in Lumajang, East Java were voluntarily relocated to safer areas following an overflow of cold lava floods triggered by Mount Semeru last Thursday.

KAIRANA/CHENNAI, April 19 — India began voting today in the world's largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term in office on the back of growth, welfare, his personal popularity and Hindu nationalism.

SYDNEY, April 19 — A 16-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly stabbing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney during a church service, Australian police said on Friday, as investigations continued into a riot after the knife attack.

NEW YORK, April 19 —  The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body.

LONDON, April 19 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the Covid-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives.

DUBAI, April 19 — Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its waterclogged roads and drying out flooded homes two days after a record storm saw a year's rain fall in a day.

DUBAI, April 18 — Dubai Airports chief operating officer (COO) Majed Al Joker announced that the Dubai International Airport (DXB) will resume normal operations within 24 hours, signifying a return to its full capacity and regular schedule.

DUBAI, April 18 — Emergency workers tried to clear water-clogged roads and people assessed the damage to homes and businesses on Thursday after a rare and epic rainstorm swamped the United Arab Emirates.

JAKARTA, April 18 — Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami warning and raised the alert for Mount Ruang to the highest level after the volcano near the Sulawesi Island had multiple large eruptions over the past two days, reported German news agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — The volcanic eruption at Mount Ruang in Indonesia has resulted in the formation of ash clouds moving towards the Kota Kinabalu Flight Information Regions (FIR), posing a risk to aircraft safety in that airspace, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM).

NEW YORK, April 18 — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Unocha) on Wednesday launched a flash appeal worth US$2.822 billion for the occupied Palestinian territory, reported Xinhua.

SINGAPORE, April 18 — Apple Inc plans to invest more than US$250 million to expand its regional campus or operations in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore, according to a company statement dated April 17.