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Singapore: BMW driver, 58, hospitalised after accident in Cantonment Road

Two cars, a BMW and a Toyota collided together and caused injuries to the BMW driver who was taken to the hospital.

Oct 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Get ready; Spreading fake news and rumors in UAE would cost you Dh1 million

Al Ameen service organised a discussion pannel to spread awareness on the fake news in the country and the officials stated that circulation of such information would be costly.

Oct 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Singapore: Woman stabbed in Queenstown, police arrest male suspect

The woman, who was stabbed at Block 146 Mei Ling Street was taken to the National University Hospital with multiple lacerations.

Oct 12, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Malaysia takes bold move to abolish Sedition Act, death penalty

Malaysia is working on the process of passing bills that will abolish the Sedition Act as well as the death penalty and it will be submitted in parliament.

Oct 12, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore woman injured after python bit her in Sembawang HDB block

A three-meter-long python bitten woman in on the second storey of Sembawang HDB block, where she was searching for her cat.

Oct 11, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Myanmar's State Councellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar's Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters

Amal Clooney said Myanmar's President Win Myint would make the decision to issue a pardon in consultation with Suu Kyi.

Oct 8, 2018

By Reuters

Accident involving two vehicles in Perak causes fire that killed 5 family members

The burnt bodies of the family members were sent to Kuala Kangsar Hospital for further investigation.

Oct 7, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Road accident

Singapore: Man claims immigration officer at Malaysian checkpoint tore his passport to take bribe

Singapore man who daily goes through the checkpoints, was shocked when the ICA officer asked him to go back to Singapore due to passport-related issues.

Oct 5, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Wife of Malaysia's ex-PM Najib charged with money laundering

Najib faces 32 charges from money laundering to abuse of power and criminal breach of trust over billions of dollars that went missing from state fund 1MDB.

Oct 4, 2018

By Reuters

Kristian Adi Wibowo, Animals Hope Shelter

The story: Threatened and bullied Indonesian man quits job to dedicate his life to animal welfare

Kristian Adi Wibowo runs Animals Hope Shelter at Gunung Sindur in Bogor, that has 122 rescued animals, including dogs, cats and one pig.

Oct 1, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Video grab shows heavy rain and wind caused by Typhoon Trami in Okinawa, Japan in this September 29, 2018 photo by @KAZU.KTOMSN. INSTAGRAM @KAZU.KTOMSN/Social Media/via REUTERS

Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course for main island

NHK also said airlines had cancelled more than 380 flights, mainly those flying in and out of Okinawa.

Sep 29, 2018

By Reuters

Residents stand in front of a damaged shopping mall after an earthquake hit Palu, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia September 29, 2018. Antara Foto/Rolex Malaha via REUTERS

Quake, tsunami kills at least 48 on Indonesia's Sulawesi island

At least 48 people had been killed and the death toll was expected to rise, said Nugroho.

Sep 29, 2018

By Reuters

Passengers line-up at automated immigration control gates at Changi airport's Terminal 4 in Singapore April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White

Thai passport holders to receive faster immigration clearance facilities at Singapore's Changi airport

Eligible Thai passport holders can apply for Frequent Traveller Programme at concerned centres in Singapore.

Sep 20, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: Vietnamese man decapitated after falling from 15th-storey hotel room

Eleven killed in China as car ploughs into square, driver attacks people

The car drove onto the square in Mishui town, part of Hengyang city in Hunan province, in the early evening on Wednesday.

Sep 13, 2018

By Reuters

Gay couple wins custody battle against Thai surrogate mother creating a big day for LGBT rights

Homosexuality decriminalised but having sex with animals still a crime in India, says SC

The apex court added that consensual unnatural sex in private is neither harmful nor contagious to society.

Sep 7, 2018

By Staff Reporter

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