STOCKHOLM - A woman and child who fell off a ferry in the Baltic Sea have died, Swedish police said on Friday, when prosecutors announced a murder inquiry had been launched. “The two people who fell ...

Nasi Lemak chain Crave has initiated a recall of a recent batch of begedil (potato patties) from their stores after a man took to social media and claimed he found a bug in a packet of food purchased ...

OTTAWA - Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday everyone in China should be allowed to protest and express themselves, and that Canadians were closely watching the protests against the ...

Making Singapore a home to be cherished by all, requires a revitalised focus on improving the lives and livelihoods of Singaporeans, said Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh on Tuesday. In the ...

NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state ...

His sister was in a happy marriage and expecting her first child but on Jan 11, 2022, her husband killed her – a tragedy Mr Emanuel Francis is struggling to make sense of. Ms Isabel Elizabeth Francis, ...

TOKYO – Five Japanese soldiers have been dismissed in relation to high-profile sexual assault allegations made by their former female colleague, local media reported on Thursday. In a rare example of ...

PARIS - Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday after ...

BANGKOK - Police in Thailand have launched what is believed to be the country’s first durian guarding scheme after thieves stole 1 million baht (S$39,100) worth of the spiky fruit from a plantation in ...

A 36-year-old man has been nabbed for allegedly selling prohibited electronic vaporisers (e-vaporisers) to students, and is currently assisting the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in investigations.

A controversial memoir by Malaysia’s former attorney general Tommy Thomas has become an unlikely election issue, with Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) blaming its rival Pakatan Harapan (PH) for ...

TOKYO – One of Japan’s best-known kabuki actors was convicted on Friday and given a suspended prison sentence for helping his parents die by suicide, in a case that sent shockwaves through the ...