WORLD HIGHLIGHTS

►US CHICAGO

United Airlines yesterday extended the cancellation of its daily flight from Newark, New Jersey to Tel Aviv in Israel up to May 9, saying it was completing a safety assessment.

►Russia MOSCOW

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered more, and swifter, delivery of weapons for Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said yesterday.

►Turkey ISTANBUL

Turkish authorities have detained 41 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across 12 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X yesterday.

►South Korea SEOUL

South Korea has held talks about joining part of the AUKUS defence deal between the US, Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Wonsik said yesterday, only weeks after the pact said it would consider including Japan.

►India

NEW DELHI

Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated yesterday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was found during searches of the schools.

►Bangladesh DHAKA

Bangladesh's weather bureau said yesterday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave.

►Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysian civil servants will see a salary increase of over 13 per cent beginning December this year, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday.

►Australia SYDNEY

Australia yesterday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms in waters off its southern coast as it looks to ramp up renewable energy to meet its net zero emission target by 2050. AGENCIES