15+ hour, 5+ min ago   (387+ words) CORON, Phliippines — Authorities in the Philippines said on Sunday (Sept 13) it could take weeks or months to identify the victims of a ferry fire that killed 76 people, as forensic experts begin collecting and comparing DNA samples from charred remains and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (403+ words) CAIRO — An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday (Sept 13) off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (201+ words) JAKARTA — Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday (Sept 13) for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said. An Indonesian…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (338+ words) NEW DELHI — India and China's leaders pledged on Saturday (Sept 12) to build up business and transport links, New Delhi said, as both rebuild ties badly damaged by a 2020 military clash on their disputed Himalayan border. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (303+ words) COPENHAGEN — Iceland's government will submit a bill in February on whaling that could ban it, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has sparked…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (964+ words) NUREMBERG, Germany — A lone American soldier stood on a dusty road in Germany, fussing with a controller. Moments later, a drone, with wings that stretched almost as wide as his arms, whirred to life and shot into the sky. The…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (240+ words) Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Friday (Sept 11) conveyed Singapore's condolences to Hong Kong after the passing of its former chief executive Tung Chee Hwa on Sept 8. The 89-year-old served as Hong Kong's first chief executive from 1997 to 2025, following its handover…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (803+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — More than half a million Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022, a senior British defence official said Friday (Sept 11). The dead are part of 1.5 million Russian casualties in…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (501+ words) The adjustment to political salaries enables Singapore to continue attracting capable people into politics, which, in turn, provides the quality of Government Singapore deserves, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Taking to social media on Thursday (Sept 10) after MPs debated…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (156+ words) 1. Nepal-Tibet floods: $560,000 humanitarian package from Singapore arrives in Nepal KATHMANDU - A humanitarian assistance package from Singapore that was handed over to Nepal's honorary consul general in Singapore Helen Campos on Sept 4, arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday (Sept 10). 2. Pritam Singh…...