Stork options: Singapore’s IVF market sees patient demand amid birth dearth

Indonesia’s fresh drills this month on its first and only aircraft carrier have refocused attention on the issue of whether the costly, ageing vessel is being put to good strategic use. The KRI Sriwijaya-100, commissioned two months ago, should be deployed for power projection and military operations far from Jakarta’s shores, analysts say, warning that underutilisation risks turning the military asset into “a sitting duck”. The Indonesian navy conducted helicopter operation drills aboard the...

MALACCA POLLS | Voters seek responsive representatives, better amenities.

MALACCA POLLS | Loke honours promise to leave cabinet once Najib's house arrest took effect.

Firefighters rescued two foreign tourists trapped at a hotel in the Vietnamese hill town of Da Lat on Thursday evening after fire broke out in a sixth-floor room.

Putrajaya prepares arbitration over undelivered naval strike missiles.

Former Megaspeed executive Alice Huang, accused by the US of being a Chinese spy and linked to an extramarital affair with tech giant Nvidia’s co-founder Jensen Huang, has been barred from re-entering Singapore over inaccurate information provided to police. Alice Huang, a Hong Kong resident, was found to have downplayed her role in Megaspeed in investigations by Singapore police, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Thursday. The ministry’s announcement was soon followed by...

Report highlights role of community spaces in keeping youths away from gangs.

Requests submitted to Putrajaya, including updates on court proceedings.

Hanoi's streets and sidewalks are increasingly crowded with parked cars, as only 72 of 1,690 planned public parking facilities have opened.

Indonesian police said on Thursday they have enough initial evidence to pursue treason charges against four suspects in a case involving the wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto, as lawmakers urged detectives to uncover who ordered the ‌bugging. Former police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo, who is not related to the president, and three other senior police officials were arrested last week over accusations of unauthorised monitoring of phones belonging to Prabowo, government officials,...

'We've been using the Asean way of working for more than 20 years.'

PARLIAMENT | Lim calls for scrutiny of ex-PM's house arrest arrangements.