SINGAPORE: Singapore will deport an Iranian woman and her Malaysian husband as well as ban them from re-entering the country after they were found to be engaging in activities that posed a threat to Singapore’s security.
JAKARTA: The Foreign Affairs Ministry said Friday it would have to comply with the inevitable budget cuts as instructed by President Prabowo Subianto.But the country’s senior diplomat claimed that the budget trim would have little effect on the government’s efforts to protect the Indonesians abroad, including their assistance for citizens caught in legal cases.
BANGKOK: China’s President Xi Jinping praised Thailand for cracking down on call centre gangs and promoting multi-level cooperation during his meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Beijing on Thursday.
JAKARTA: Eight people have died and four others are in critical condition after consuming 96 per cent pure alcohol in Cianjur, West Java, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.
DENPASAR: The Bali Regional Police arrested three nationals from the United Kingdom, identified as JC, LE, and PA, for allegedly attempting to traffic around Rp6 billion worth of illegal drugs into Bali.
MANILA: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Friday she had yet to consider stepping down and was still weighing a run for president despite her dramatic impeachment this week by the House of Representatives.
JAKARTA: Indonesia has begun talks with the United Kingdom to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being one of the Bali bomb plotters.
MANILA: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was riding high not so long ago, sailing to a landslide 2022 election victory with her then-ally and fellow political scion Ferdinand Marcos.
PETALING JAYA: A Singapore rapper who accused authorities there of racism has lost the appeal against his conviction and sentence on four counts of attempting to promote ill will among racial and religious groups.
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s parliament passed a bill today that will consolidate and strengthen the government’s powers, including introducing the use of restraining orders (RO) to maintain racial harmony and address related threats in the country.
SINGAPORE: Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) seized 970,707 units of illegal health products and removed 7,351 products listings from local e-commerce and social media platforms last year, thanks to coordinated efforts and joint enforcement actions with both local and overseas agencies.
SINGAPORE: New condominiums in Singapore have been shrinking over the past 15 years, a trend analysts attribute to developers adapting to loan curbs, property cooling measures, and changing demographic needs.
SAMUT SAKHON: Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand.
YANGON: Myanmar’s junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.