TOP STORIES Singapore MOM, agencies to boost workplace safety following spate of construction deaths Three construction workers died in workplace accidents between May 19 and 24, bringing the total number of deaths in the construction sector to 15, up from eight in the same period last year. »

World Obama wraps up historic Asia trip US President Barack Obama wrapped up a historic trip to Asia, where he sought to deepen US involvement by boosting ties to former adversaries in the region. » World Hundreds of civilians flee Iraq's Fallujah area Hundreds of people fled the Fallujah area Friday as forces pressed simultaneous offensives on the Iraqi city and on another of the Islamic State group's key bastions in Syria. » Singapore President Tony Tan meets Pope Francis President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam is the first Singaporean head of state to meet a Pope at the Vatican. »