The Pakistan government on Friday ordered an hour-long shut down of social media and instant messaging platforms, after days of violent anti-France protests. In a notice...
North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung Thursday, with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang. The...
After losing her job in Jan this year, a single mother of a 16-month-old baby depleted her savings to secure a Housing and Development Board (HDB)...
Multiple people were shot in an incident Thursday in the US city of Indianapolis, according to police, although the severity of the victims’ injuries was not...
Singaporean blogger and activist Roy Ngerng, who is currently residing in Taiwan, has met his fundraising target for damages to be paid to Prime Minister Lee...
An Australian court ruled Friday that Google misled consumers about collecting location data through Android mobile devices in what the country’s competition watchdog called a “world-first”...
The head of Pfizer said in an interview aired Thursday that people will “likely” need a third dose of his company’s COVID-19 shot within six to...
Nine veteran Hong Kong democracy activists — including publisher Jimmy Lai — will be sentenced on Friday for their roles in one of the city’s biggest-ever...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — A tropical cyclone — defined as a low-pressure system formed over warm tropical waters, with a maximum wind speed of 34 knots —...
China’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in record in the first quarter, data showed Friday, in a sharp turnaround from its historic contraction caused by...
UN human rights experts today expressed deep regret at Japan’s decision to release contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, saying the...
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is seeking nearly S$130,000 in legal costs and disbursements from blogger Leong Sze Hian after winning the libel suit he had...
Taiwan’s government on Thursday said it had accepted the resignation of its transport minister following a train crash earlier this month that killed 49 people, the...
The Singapore economy grew by 0.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the first quarter of this year, rebounding from the 2.4 per cent contraction...
Correction note: An earlier version of this article included the wrong photo of the offender. The person whose photo was wrongly used is not the offender...