
Singapore recorded 12,700 Covid-19 cases between 10 and 16 May 2026, up from 8,000 a week earlier, as the Communicable Diseases Agency said hospitals remain able...

A 23-year-old man was arrested after a five-hour standoff with police at a Woodlands HDB block on 20 May night, following reports of items being thrown...

Instagram influencer Eidan Sanker has drawn criticism in Vietnam after a viral video appeared to show an iPhone giveaway being staged near Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake,...

Amnesty International says coordinated online disinformation campaigns portraying Indonesian government critics as “foreign agents” have intensified under President Prabowo Subianto, fuelling intimidation and violence against activists...

Singapore advocacy group HOME said it needs more than S$530,000 annually to sustain its Women’s Crisis Shelter, which supports over 500 migrant women each year through...

A Kuala Lumpur pizza restaurant has warned fellow F&B operators about suspected refund abuse after a customer allegedly used AI-generated images to claim a pizza arrived...

Shipping dynasty heir, former Nominated Member of Parliament, NUS pro-chancellor, and current chairman of the Singapore Business Federation — Teo Siong Seng's decades of public service...

Some Singaporeans have cheered Israel's interception of flotilla activists in international waters, dismissing the legal consensus of dozens of governments as bias. They have not considered...

Amnesty International says Indonesia continues to impose large numbers of death sentences despite a decade-long halt in executions, warning proposed execution regulations risk undermining human rights...

Singapore will require all higher education students to receive baseline artificial intelligence training from 2027, as institutes of higher learning overhaul curricula to prepare students and...

A Shan rights group says trafficked Burmese workers from online scam compounds in Tachileik were forced to work at Chinese-operated rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar...

The most expensive House primary in US history ended with the defeat of a congressman who opposed foreign wars and foreign aid — leaving Republicans to...

Indonesian police and immigration authorities arrested dozens of suspects linked to separate Cambodia-connected cybercrime operations involving alleged online gambling and online fraud schemes in North Sumatra...

A video of a man eating a takeaway meal inside an MRT train cabin on 19 May has sparked online debate in Singapore, with users divided...

A 15-year-old is among 295 people under investigation after a two-week anti-scam operation linked suspects to more than 750 scam cases involving losses exceeding S$5 million.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has sparked a wave of international condemnation after posting a video mocking handcuffed flotilla activists at Ashdod port, drawing rebukes...

The United States has charged former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five others over the 1996 downing of civilian aircraft, intensifying tensions as President Donald Trump...

A Taiwan People's Party-affiliated Kaohsiung city council candidate has drawn widespread condemnation after a campaign billboard depicted a turbaned man and an inverted Indian flag under...

Stamford Catering Services was fined S$8,000 after repeated food safety lapses linked to gastroenteritis outbreaks affecting more than 180 people between 2024 and 2025, prompting inspections...

A two-month anti-scam operation involving 10 territories led to 3,018 arrests, the freezing of nearly 102,000 bank accounts and the seizure of more than US$161 million...

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