THA LUANG: Police in Lop Buri here pulled off an unusual sting operation by disguising themselves as dancers to arrest a suspect allegedly linked to drugs and illegal online gambling.
SINGAPORE: Veteran shipping executive Teo Siong Seng has taken a leave of absence from his roles at the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the Singapore Economic Resilience Taskforce (SERT) and Enterprise Singapore, as he moves to address criminal charges filed against him by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). .
SINGAPORE: Singapore Zoo has welcomed the birth of Ayaan, a male Sumatran orangutan delivered by caesarean section following a high-risk pregnancy believed to be the first documented case of its kind in an orangutan where both mother and infant survived.
Whether on ships or in buildings, pirates or terrorists could lose whatever advantage they might have when faced with armed policemen donning jet-propelled suits to confront them.
SHENZHEN: A taxi driver in China has been praised online after reportedly helping to save the life of a distressed passenger during a late-night ride. .
MANILA: Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s chief drug war enforcer urged the military on Wednesday to stop government attempts to arrest and fly him to the Netherlands to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers resumed the search Saturday for the bodies of three hikers killed in a volcanic eruption in a seismically active no-go zone, officials said.
TERNATE: Indonesian authorities resumed search operations on Saturday for three hikers, including two Singaporeans, who went missing after Mount Dukono erupted in North Maluku province, The Straits Times reported.
SINGAPORE: Two Singapore residents who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship have tested negative to the rare respiratory disease, Singapore’s Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said Friday.
SINGAPORE: A 36-year-old Singaporean woman left her software engineering job to cycle solo across five countries over 101 days, describing the journey as one without a neat answer but rich in experience.