G7 leaders have detailed plans to mobilize $600bn in funding for the developing world in a move seen as a counter to China's Belt and Road plan.
The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) relaunches a scheme unveiled at last (...)
Singapore has recorded its first recent case of monkeypox in a British flight attendant who entered the country last week.
Authorities on Tuesday disclosed the case, saying the 42-year-old man had flown in and out of the city state in mid-June.
It (...)
A total of 29 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday, according to the island's Defense Ministry.
The Defense Ministry said the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force planes were a mix of (...)
The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has announced the addition of two ports calls, Shanghai and Singapore, to the Gulf China Service (GCS), a direct weekly service launched by Pacific International Lines (PIL) to connect China with the Gulf area in (...)
Japan logged its second largest ever monthly goods trade deficit of 2.38 trillion yen ($17.7 billion) in May, remaining in the red for the 10th consecutive month mainly due to high commodity prices, Kyodo news agency quoted the Finance Ministry as (...)
Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve decision on how sharply to raise interest rates to cool U.S. inflation, the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo and Sydney declined. Oil prices edged (...)
War in Ukraine continues to cause mayhem and "destroy the lives of many", and it is everyone's responsibility to limit the global food, fuel and financial crisis" that it has sustained, the UN's top rights official told the Human Rights Council on (...)
Cryptocurrencies tumbled afresh on Tuesday, with bitcoin and ether falling to new 18-month lows, after major cryptocurrency lending company Celsius Network's freezing of withdrawals delivered the latest jolt to investors in the asset-class.
Bitcoin (...)
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe on Sunday accused the United States of being a "bully" and "hijacking" countries around the region, during a combative speech in which he said his country would "fight to the very end" to stop Taiwanese (...)
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles revealed on Sunday that he held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Gen, Wei Fenghe, on sidelines of the "Shangri La summit" in Singapore.
The Singaporean news agency, News Asia, quoted the minister as (...)
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — For Muhammad Fauzan, the lifetime spiritual journey of Hajj was an arduous travel on bicycle for nearly 5,000 kilometers on his way from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, taking more than seven and a half months.
The young Indonesian (...)
Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions.
"Machine guns, fighter jets... are not our primary security concern. The single greatest threat to our very existence is climate (...)
Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs Dr. Khalid Al-Bayari met in Singapore on Saturday with China's State Councilor Minister of National Defense Gen. Wei Fenghe, on the sidelines of Asia Security Summit (19th Shangri-La (...)
Dr. Khalid bin Hussein Al-Bayari, Assistant Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Executive Affairs, met in Singapore today on the sidelines of Asia Security Summit (19th Shangri-La Dialogue) with China's State Councilor, Minister (...)
Japan and Singapore will start negotiations to reach a deal on the transfer of defense equipment and technology, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday, Kyodo reported.
During a summit meeting, Kishida and Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong (...)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out China on Saturday for a series of coercive, aggressive and dangerous actions that threaten stability around Asia and vowed the United States would stand by partners to resist any pressure.
"Indo-Pacific (...)
Malaysia will abolish the mandatory death penalty, the government said Friday, in a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups as a rare progressive step on the issue for the region.
In a statement, Malaysian Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (...)
Major Asian stock markets advanced Monday after Wall Street declined and a survey showed the downturn in Chinese service activity eased in May as anti-virus controls on Shanghai and other major cities were lifted, the Associated Press (...)
يختلف البشر في طريقة تعبيرهم عن المشاعر، وهذا الاختلاف يكون واضحاً حين يطلب من أحدهم التعبير كتابةً عن مشاعره، فيمكن ملاحظة أن المحصول اللغوي لكل فرد، يجعل من نتاجه المكتوب، جملا تحوي معانى بطريقة مختلفة.
القارئ لكتابات الناس عن مشاعرهم، يمكنه (...)
The Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP) and APACMed have recently in Singapore organized international forum for regulatory transformation with the aim of highlighting the importance of harmonization and rapprochement of global regulatory (...)
More than one billion methamphetamine tablets were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned.
The staggering drugs haul across the vast region is further proof that illicit manufacturing there (...)
Asian stocks rose Monday after Wall Street rebounded from a seven-week string of declines and China eased anti-virus curbs on business activity in Shanghai and Beijing, the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. (...)
Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight pandemic travel restrictions about two years ago, but only for package tours for now.
Beginning June 10, Japan will allow the entry of people on tours (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr Nayef Falah M. Al Hajraf met today with Chairman of the Economic Development Board of the Republic of Singapore, Dr Beh Swan Jin, on the sidelines of his participation in the World Economic (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered yesterday the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's gift of 25 tons of dates to the Republic of Singapore.
Saudi Ambassador to Singapore Abdullah Al-Madhi handed over the gift to the Singapore (...)
