The construction of the ambitious 749-kilometer Isiolo–Mandera highway is picking up pace, signaling renewed commitment by the government to improving infrastructure and connectivity in the northeastern region.

Beledweyne (HOL) – The Director of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloolshe, has praised the Macawisley militia from the Hawaadle clan for their frontline role in fighting the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgency.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has strongly denounced the arrest of eight journalists by security forces in Mogadishu on Saturday, calling the incident a serious violation of press freedom and an attack on Somalia's democratic principles.

A 29-year-old Bangladeshi worker died on Friday (May 23) after he was hit by a reversing tipper truck at a worksite in Yishun. The worker was carrying out survey works at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) project site at 71 Lorong Chencharu when the accident occurred. Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that they were alerted to the incident at about 10am on Friday and the man was pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) paramedic. A 61-year-old man was arrested for causing death by rash act and investigations are ongoing, they added. HDB told AsiaOne that it is saddened by the worker's death and extends its heartfelt condolences to his family. HDB added that it would work with the project's contractor - a joint venture between Yeng Tong Construction and Koh Kock Leong Enterprise - to render all the support and assistance needed to his family. The worker was an employee of Koh Kock Leong Construction. HDB said that all works on site have been suspended until further notice.

The couple have dramatically revamped the structure of their staff to make it more like the hierarchical system that has successfully underpinned Prince Harry's family for decades.

The search for missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has taken a grim turn.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has as its goal: All children grow up free from violence. In this Child Month and beyond, we would do well to beware of becoming desensitised to the suffering of abused children across Jamaica. This...

So, there was a spirited conversation between two neighbours recently! Did you hear them? Neighbour 1: If I were you... Neighbour 2: Stop! You are not me, will never be me, and I will never be you! Neighbour 1: I know, but I’m just saying......

WESTERN BUREAU: It took more than ten years, three police officers, and a change of parish before Mercia Fraser could finally say the words she had waited so long to utter: “Now we can go and deal with our closure and say that it is done.” Fraser,...

WESTERN BUREAU: More than a decade after her son, Mario Deane, was brutally beaten in a jail cell over a ganja spliff, Mercia Fraser is still haunted by the loss – but now, she is finding purpose in her pain. Just days after a Westmoreland jury...

Raw sewage flowing through several properties and on to Shenstone Drive in Beverly Hills – an affluent St Andrew community – has sparked fear that the hazardous contamination may trigger health issues for families there. The issue, ongoing for...

David Littlejohn, 55, says fellow climber Shane Williams let go of his rope at a crucial moment, sending him plummeting down a 56ft rock face in the Avon Gorge, Bristol.

About 8,800 villagers around Chikwawa in Malawi are receiving the equivalent of £433 each - and the Foreign Office insists the best way to send the money is directly to each of them.

Dressed in her smart blue uniform with a navy cardigan and NHS lanyard, and getting out of a pristine white SUV, her day job is a world away from the boggy fields of Diddly Squat.

Reportedly worth £308 million, Hirst forged the Young British Artist (YBA) art scene of the 1990s and shot to fame after displaying sharks and other animals suspended in formaldehyde.

The search for missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has taken a grim turn.

Il y avait du monde pour accompagner la petite Ayden, 7 ans, vers sa dernière demeure. Elle repose désormais au 9ᵉ étage du cimetière de l’Uranie. Ce samedi 24 mai, famille et amis sont venus nombreux lui rendre un dernier hommage, même des personnes qui ne connaissaient pas Ayden. Une inhumation particulière et douloureuse, mêlée à de nombreuses questions, surtout celle-là : pourquoi ?

1 500 tonnes de déchets plastiques et métalliques, c'est ce que produit la Polynésie en un an selon le syndicat Fenua Ma. Depuis 2022, tout type de sacs plastiques est interdit. Le 1er juillet prochain, ce sera au tour des gobelets, couvercles et assiettes. Si la nouvelle circule depuis des mois, consommateurs et commerçants sont-ils prêts ? La question leur a été posée.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Saturday (May 24) that it will be conducting a review of safety measures following an accident at Woodlands Checkpoint earlier in the morning. The accident occurred at about 5.28am when a departing Singapore-registered car collided with an arriving Malaysia-registered bus along the Causeway. ICA said that preliminary investigations found that the contraflow operation was activated before barriers were put in place, which was not in accordance with safety procedures. «This accident should not have happened. ICA is treating it very seriously, and we are assisting the traffic police who are investigating the accident,» it added. After the accident, ICA officers immediately rendered help and managed the traffic situation and alerted the Singapore Civil Defence Force and police. The police told AsiaOne that the car driver, a 48-year-old man, and his three passengers aged between 14 and 78 were taken to hospital. Investigations are ongoing. ICA said that there were no reported injuries among the bus passengers, while the bus driver declined medical assistance.

five unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in Migalovo District

Such talks became more active in the light of low ratings of the party

Opposition party Red Dot United (RDU) on May 24 said it wants to move beyond being a check and balance on the ruling PAP, and is aspiring towards being an “alternative government” instead. To do this, it wants to work with other “like-minded” opposition parties to build a digital platform, tentatively called altgov.sg, to flesh out policy positions. “We want to make ourselves better known, so if the PAP fails, people will know there is a shadow government in place to take the country forward,” RDU secretary-general Ravi Philemon said. He was speaking at an event at the party’s headquarters in Ubi Crescent to thank volunteers after the 2025 General Election. “I think that is the responsible thing to do. We do not want to be checks and balances any more,” said Mr Philemon as he addressed the media while flanked by his RDU teammates Sharon Lin, Ben Puah and Harish Mohanadas. RDU in its media invitation to the May 24 event said that there is a necessity to change its outlook and how it approaches politics in Singapore.

SINGAPORE - Some of the richest people in the world, such as American hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, Indonesian coal king Low Tuck Kwong and Brazil-born Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, have set up foundations in Singapore to give to charitable causes in the past three years. This comes as the Republic positions itself as a financial and philanthropic hub for Asia, driven by a flourishing wealth management sector and attractive tax incentives. On May 5, it was announced that the Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest philanthropic foundations, will set up an office in Singapore. Founded in 2000 by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his former wife Melinda, the foundation aims to fight poverty, disease and inequity around the world. Gates, an American who turns 70 in October, is ranked 13th on Forbes' World's Billionaires List 2025, with an estimated wealth of US$108 billion (S$139 billion).  The Commissioner of Charities (COC) told The Straits Times that about five new charities each year have been registered under the Grantmaker Scheme in the past three years.

Restrictions introduced earlier for Domodedovo and Zhukovsky Airports in the Moscow Region were lifted

The central topic of the Forum this year will be «Investment Path: Past. Present. Future»

In total, six drones flying to Moscow were destroyed after midnight

Restrictions for arrivals and departures of aircraft were lifted for Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo Airports

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The EU and the UK want to disrupt the Ukraine conflict peace talks by emboldening Kiev to attack Russian civilians, Sergey Lavrov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

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Germany may be forced to revive compulsory conscription as early as next year if not enough people volunteer to confront Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

A man is in police custody following the seizure of an illegal firearm and 161 rounds of ammunition during an operation in Logwood, Yallahs, on Friday. The Yallahs police reported that around 5:23 p.m., officers searched a premises in the...