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Ex-Actor Ian Fang to be Deported, Barred from Singapore After Serving Jail Term for Sexual Crimes

With the ICA's latest mandate, Fang's decade-long career and residency in Singapore have come to a definitive end.

32 hours ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore Navy Steps up Monitoring After Crocodile Spotted Near Changi Naval Base

The sighting comes just days after a crocodile was first reported in the waters off Sentosa, marking the first such incident recorded there.

33 hours ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore Tightens Health Monitoring for Migrant Workers Arriving from West Bengal Amid Nipah Virus Outbreak

For migrant workers already living in Singapore, MOM said existing healthcare arrangements remain in place through its primary care medical centres.

2 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore to Review Adoption Safeguards Amid Probe into Alleged Indonesian Baby Trafficking Ring

The latest case is not the first instance of suspected baby smuggling involving Indonesia and Singapore.

3 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Elephant Kills 65-Year-Old Tourist on Morning Walk in Thailand

A 65-year-old tourist was killed in an attack by a wild elephant in Khao Yai National Park in Thailand.

3 days ago

By Manthan C.

Malaysia Court Allows Ex-PM's Wife Rosmah Mansor to use Passport to Visit Daughter in Singapore

Reports stated that Rosmah Mansor had requested that her impounded passport be released from February 1 to April 30.

7 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Kashmir Hypocrisy Day not Kashmir Solidarity Day

Pakistan's Kashmir Solidarity Day is hypocritical theatre, funding the very terrorism it decries. It institutionalizes the "unfinished business of Partition," but Kashmiris debunk this: our struggle was class-based until radicalized by Pakistani spillover.

7 days ago

By IBTimes SG Desk

Singapore Steps Up Border, Health Measures After Nipah Virus Cases Reported in India

Singapore is closely monitoring developments in West Bengal, where the latest outbreak marks India's seventh Nipah virus episode since 2001.

8 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Malaysia's Johor Peatland Fire Prompts Water Bombing as Singapore Monitors Haze Risk

Authorities said the helicopter will also be used to conduct an aerial survey to guide further firefighting operations.

9 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Tourist Mauled by Snow Leopard After Approaching the Wild Animal to Click a Photo in China [VIDEO]

The woman was attacked near the Koktokay ski resort in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

10 days ago

By Manthan C.

Singaporean Loses Nearly S$2,000 in Batam Market Pickpocketing Case; Suspect Arrested

The police said that Badri was arrested at his boarding house and he later confessed to the theft and admitted to carrying out about three similar acts in the past.

11 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore Authorities Investigate Alleged Bomb Hoax at Paya Lebar Air Base

MINDEF stressed that such false alarms divert security resources and can cause unnecessary public concern, and said investigations into the incident are continuing.

13 days ago

By Samhati Bhattacharjya