Australia on Tuesday announced a temporary ban on direct passenger flights from India, as the South Asian nation grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus infections....
The first emergency medical supplies trickled into COVID-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic...
by Hiroshi Hiyama Hundreds of Japanese towns and cities have been forced to rethink plans to host Olympic teams because the coronavirus will prevent public appearances...
At a press briefing announcing the Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble yesterday (26 Apr), Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung was asked about Indian nationals flying in...
Human rights groups CIVICUS and FORUM-ASIA on Tuesday (27 Apr) called on United Nations (UN) member states to urge the Government of Singapore to protect civic...
Letter written by: Phillip Ang Sent to: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Cc: Second Minister for National Development Indranee Rajah, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee, The Straits Times...
by Cyril Belaud and Sajjad Tarakzai Children play cricket in a patch of scorched grass and scattered rubble in Abbottabad — all that remains of the...
A prominent ethnic rebel group attacked and captured a military base in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border early Tuesday morning, an official from the group...
Former US president Barack Obama on Monday urged all nations to stand firm against Myanmar’s junta, voicing solidarity with democracy protesters and warning of a “failed...
Myanmar’s junta again postponed court proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, her lawyers said, as they fight for permission to visit her...
Just four days after the fatal Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) accident took place, another lorry ferrying workers was involved in a road accident at Upper Bukit Timah...
Social activist Kokila Annamalai slammed the use of lorries for transporting workers by companies. “Keppel Corporation (CEO: Chin Hua Loh) and Sembcorp (CEO: Wong Kim Yin),...
After attending a meeting among leaders of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday (25 Apr), Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan took to his...
It was reported earlier that Indian nationals who are stuck in India due to the coronavirus travel restrictions imposed by a number of countries, are now...
New COVID-19 restrictions came into force in Thailand on Monday to try to halt a spiralling outbreak that saw deaths hit a record single-day high over...