Singapore

An Australian man was accused on Saturday in Singapore for making a bomb threat aboard a flight to Perth that caused the plane to turn around while being escorted by fighter jets. Hawkins If found guilty,...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a former deputy prime minister of Singapore, was chosen president on Friday. It was the city-state’s first competitive election for the largely ceremonial role in more than ten years. After a rare flurry of...

In Singapore’s first competitive presidential election in more than a decade next week, three candidates were nominated on Tuesday, according to officials. The post, which technically manages the city’s financial reserves and has the authority to...

First woman to be hanged in Singapore in nearly 20 years, a citizen of Singapore, age 45, was executed on Friday for drug trafficking, according to officials. “The capital sentence of death imposed on Saridewi Binte...

A local man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in Singapore on Wednesday, according to officials, two days before the first woman prisoner to be put to death in the city-state in nearly 20 years. The...

Singapore executed a prisoner on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiring to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, despite rights groups criticizing “many flaws” in the case. Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite a request from the...

Richard Branson, a British business magnate, urged Singapore on Monday to put a stop to the man’s impending execution because it “may be about to kill an innocent man” for possessing more than one kilogram of...

Singapore’s economy grew more than expected last year but much slower than in 2021, official data showed Tuesday, as analysts warned of weaker growth ahead owing to an expected recession in key markets. While the 3.8...

Hong Kong has lost its crown as Asia’s premier finance centre to Singapore in a global ranking list where New York and London maintained their number one and two spots. Singapore jumped three places to third...

Singapore on Thursday narrowed its economic growth forecast this year after the economy contracted in the second quarter compared to the previous three months due to rising inflation and tighter monetary policies, the government said. Moves...