Trump-Xi summit: Win, lose or draw?
The Straits Times/ANN
4 hour(s) ago World
Trump says he is losing patience with Iran, did not ask China for favors
Reuters, Aboard Air Force One/Dubai
8 hour(s) ago US-Israel war on Iran
US plans to indict Cuba’s Raul Castro
Reuters
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM World
Luxor exhibits Tutankhamun tomb artifact
Reuters, Luxor
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM World
‘US willing to continue talks to end impasse’
Agencies
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran

Hamas says likely to respond to truce proposal within 48 hours

Hamas also said it had received Israel's latest proposal to halt the war in Gaza, now in its 18th month
15 April 2025, 10:34 AM

Bangladesh arrest warrant is 'politically motivated smear': Tulip

"No one from the Bangladeshi authorities has contacted me. The entire time, they've done trial by media."
15 April 2025, 09:20 AM

China tells airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries: report

The world's two biggest economies have been locked in a tit-for-tat tariff war
15 April 2025, 09:15 AM

Several French prisons have come under attack

French justice minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed on Tuesday
15 April 2025, 09:11 AM

China’s great green march across the globe

The Middle Kingdom wants to control the global clean-tech sector. Can it save the planet, too?
15 April 2025, 06:15 AM

Sony announces PS5 price hikes in some regions

The company said on Sunday in a blog post the "tough decision" had been taken
15 April 2025, 06:11 AM

Xi's Vietnam trip aiming to 'screw' US, says Trump

Xi is in Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia tour that will include Malaysia and Cambodia, with Beijing trying to position itself as a stable alternative to Trump as leaders confront US tariffs.
15 April 2025, 05:21 AM

Another Columbia student arrested by US immigration officials

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials did not immediately respond to a request for information.
15 April 2025, 05:14 AM

Former Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi dies at 85

The 85-year-old passed away in hospital on Monday after a lingering illness.
15 April 2025, 03:49 AM

China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies

No country should bypass international laws to authorise resource exploration in the seabed, China's foreign ministry said on Monday
15 April 2025, 03:08 AM

Israel demands hostage release for Gaza ceasefire: Hamas

Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza
15 April 2025, 02:49 AM

US opens door to tariffs on pharma, semiconductors

The trade war is raising fears of an economic downturn as the dollar tumbles and investors dump US government bonds, normally considered a safe haven investment.
15 April 2025, 02:42 AM

Meta news ban intensifying Canadians' legacy media break

As Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers -- and no links to articles from major media outlets
15 April 2025, 02:26 AM

Harvard sees $2.2 billion in funding frozen after defying Trump

Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion freeze in federal funding Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism
15 April 2025, 02:20 AM

US grounds helicopter company behind fatal New York tour

US regulators on Monday issued an emergency order grounding the helicopter tour company behind last week's deadly crash in New York
15 April 2025, 02:17 AM

Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated

Separate strikes kill 30, including police head, brothers
14 April 2025, 12:58 PM

Russian missile strike kills 34 in Ukraine's Sumy, Kyiv says

Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike on Ukraine this year, officials said.
14 April 2025, 10:04 AM

Trump warns no country 'off the hook' on tariffs

Tit-for-tat exchanges have seen US levies imposed on China rise to 145 percent, and Beijing setting a retaliatory 125 percent band on US imports.
14 April 2025, 03:49 AM

Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as starts SE Asia tour

Xi's first overseas trip of the year will see him visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia
14 April 2025, 03:42 AM

Trump says Russian strike on Ukraine 'a horrible thing'

Asked to clarify what he meant by a "mistake," Trump said that "they made a mistake... you're gonna ask them" -- without specifying who or what he meant.
14 April 2025, 02:54 AM