All coverage of Singapore, ranked by recency.
Some see Rodman’s ties with North Korea as a conduit for easing tensions with Pyongyang.
The Ukrainian President had revealed that North Korean prisoners had been sent to South Korea, angering Seoul.
A Houthi military source, quoted by the Houthi-run Saba news agency, denied the accusation.
The US leader's threat of retaliation came as he took a harsher tone on the stalled Iran war overall.
Police said 1,949 people were arrested and 305 officers injured as protests spread to more than 1,000 high schools across France.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would use “all types of weapons” if its territory of Kaliningrad were attacked.
Moscow has threatened to defend its European exclave of Kaliningrad with nuclear weapons.
LONDON, Oct 1 - British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an air base used by the US to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
The US' Operation Economic Outcast aims to cut Tehran’s funding for the war.
MOSCOW, Oct 1 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Western companies could get their Russian assets back if \"a favourable scenario\" came to pass.
Israeli airline El Al will fly Israelis home from Dubai after flydubai suspended flights following an incident on a Tel Aviv-bound plane.
BERLIN, Oct 1 - Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Thursday that Germany faced more hybrid attacks from Russia as he pledged to continue support for Ukraine ahead of what is likely to be its harshest winter since the start of Russia's invasion in 2022.
RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Oct 1 - Israeli militant settlers shot two Palestinians, killing one and injuring the other, in an attack on the village of Yasuf in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to Palestinian officials.
CAIRO/WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL, Oct 1 - The US State Department has waived human rights conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's \"helpful role\" since the launch of the US war with Iran, according to a letter to US lawmakers obtained by Reuters.
He also said it was clear that the co-pilot was suicidal.
Dubai has been one of the most popular destinations for Israelis since UAE signed the Abraham Accords in 2020.
DAUGAVPILS, Latvia, Oct 1 - Latvia's staunchly pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs is likely to retain power after Saturday's national election, as many voters grow wary of potential Russian aggression amid airspace incursions that brought down the previous coalition.
DUBAI, Oct 1 - Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, while continuing a diplomatic push that Iranian officials privately see as unlikely to succeed.
MOSCOW, Oct 1 - Russia will expel an unspecified number of Hungarian diplomats in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after Budapest last month expelled 10 Russian diplomats.
There have been no official suggestions from Israel of Iranian involvement.
SARAJEVO, Oct 1 - Bosnia holds national elections on Sunday which could impact its bid to join the European Union but also the influence that the United States and Russia hold over the small Balkan nation.
Oct 1 - Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm tensions between them, according to six sources briefed on the first known meeting between the longtime foes.
British PM Andy Burnham said there were "strong indications" that Iran was involved in suspicious activity near the Fairford airbase, which is used by US forces in their war on Iran.
South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine, saying that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breached a secrecy agreement in revealing that Kyiv had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
OSLO, Oct 1 - US President Donald Trump will not win this year's Nobel Peace Prize as he wages war with Iran, but his influence will still be felt by the awarding body that picks the laureate, according to experts.
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israel will get to the \"root\" of the co-pilot who engaged in a foiled attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight and that Israel will \"possibly\" be participating in the probe into the incident.
The gathering on Sept 30 was in many ways a rehash of the cultural stances Hegseth championed in 2025.
Oct 1 - The leaders of Israel and India hailed Indian pilot Smit Machchhar as a hero for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague in an alleged attempt to crash a flydubai plane on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the wounded pilot for fighting back after he was stabbed by his colleague, "preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster".
Flydubai said all the passengers – of whom 166 out of 174 were Israeli – were safe.
Ukraine plans to issue its own national sanctions against the entities linked to the network.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were “strong indications” Iran was involved in a security incident near RAF Fairford, a UK airbase used by the US military, but Iran denied the claim.
A video showed Netanyahu meeting a passenger who managed to break into the aircraft’s cockpit.
Sept 30 - Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi discussed humanitarian issues in the Ukraine war in talks with Russian officials and visited Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Israel said a co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv had stabbed the pilot and attempted to crash the plane.
KYIV, Sept 30 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited a military command post near the eastern frontline on Wednesday and praised what he said were gains against Russian forces during a counteroffensive operation.
A pilot was reportedly stabbed by his co-worker who Israel accused of trying to crash the plane.
The US is not planning to withdraw up to 40,000 troops in Europe, said Matthew Whitaker.
Sept 30 - Russia has warned NATO that it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance tried to cut off or attack the Russian region of Kaliningrad.
Sept 30 - A US ceasefire proposal to pause Sudan's civil war could push the country towards a Libya-style partition in its current form, a top adviser to Sudan's army-led authorities told Reuters, in some of the strongest criticism by a Sudanese official of the plan so far.
Sept 30 - The Russian government said on Wednesday it was drawing up urgent measures to control the population of brown bears that has spiralled out of control in some regions, with at least 22 people killed in attacks.
Netanyahu said that another air crew member had taken over the controls to land the plane.
MOSCOW, Sept 30 - Factories in Europe producing arms for Ukraine are legitimate and potential military targets for Russia, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Moscow has issued a warning to NATO over the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
A flydubai flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Sept 30 following a cockpit brawl.
MADRID, Sept 29 - Spain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had alerted prosecutors to an Amnesty International report alleging the military tortured or mistreated migrants in Ceuta, and ordered an internal probe into whether any personnel were to blame.
ROME, Sept 30 - Italy's Democratic Party did not take part in a parliamentary committee vote on Wednesday on a highly contested bill against antisemitism, highlighting divisions on the left over a law seen as potentially curbing criticism of Israel.
PARIS, Sept 30 - A French and German delegation travelled this month to Brasilia, where intelligence officials briefed them on alleged US and Russian interference before Brazil's election, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters.
STOCKHOLM, Sept 30 - Sweden will from October deploy Gripen fighter jets to Poland as part of a NATO airspace surveillance mission, the Nordic country's government said on Wednesday.
KYIV, Sept 30 - Ukraine's total war costs will reach $155 billion this year and the government is struggling to close a $27 billion funding gap to ensure it can still conduct combat operations at the start of 2027, Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said on Wednesday.
CAIRO, Sept 30 - Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the territory's health officials said.
LONDON, Sept 30 - A suspected plot against a British airbase used by US forces to strike Iran was thwarted when police were called by one of the same men later arrested at the site, The Times newspaper said on Wednesday.
JERUSALEM, Sept 30 - The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers subdued him while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
Trump earlier rejected the proposal when speaking to the press, but Iran had been awaiting an official response via Qatari mediators.
Singaporean state-owned investor Temasek Holdings is expanding operations across the Middle East, with plans to open new offices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates from next year as it ramps up investments despite geopolitical tensions in the region.
The Strait of Hormuz could be reopened and maritime passage restored if necessary conditions were met.
Aircraft data appeared to show the plane had suddenly and rapidly descended by nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds before emergency signals were transmitted.
MOSCOW, Sept 30 - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday Russian forces launched a massive overnight strike, hitting a communications centre in Ukraine's capital, energy facilities in the Kyiv region that support military production, and port infrastructure in Izmail.
