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Singapore is eyeing the Ohakea air base as a potential base for one of its own Air Force squadrons of F15 fighter jets. Up to 500 people would be stationed in or near the base in the region if the squadron moves to Ohakea. Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is ranked 55 out of 144 countries in the Global Gender ... the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights, climate change and resilience. Visit news.trust.org) ( read original story ...)

The 1970s pop divas Anita Sarawak and Rahimah Rahim will be the first popular singers inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame (SWHF) later this month. Two early broadcasters will also be inducted, posthumously, as well in a new category for media ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore is considering harsher punishments for sex offences against minors, the law minister said, after a U.S. martial arts instructor was jailed for four years for having consensual sex with two 15-year-olds, prompting a rare public outcry ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — A former executive at oil company BP in Singapore was charged on Thursday with obtaining $3.95 million (3.25 million pounds) in bribes in what the city-state's anti-corruption agency called one of the largest corruption cases in the country. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore's government was "closely studying" a United Nations report that linked a local company to a North Korean firm involved in the sales of arms, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The U.N. report sent to the Security Council and ... ( read original story ...)

There is public anger in Singapore over what is seen as a too lenient sentence for a US child sex offender. US Mixed Martial Arts instructor Joshua Robinson, 39, was jailed for four years last week for having sex with two teenage girls and filming the acts. ( read original story ...)

You can join the debate at the BBC's Family & Education News Facebook page. The next update of the education system will have to ensure that Singapore can create a more equitable society, build a stronger social compact among its people while at the same ... ( read original story ...)

CHICAGO — A Chicago immigration judge will decide this month whether a Singapore teenager arrested for online posts mocking his government will be granted asylum in the U.S. Amos Yee testified at a hearing lasting most of Tuesday. Kenneth Jeyaretnam ... ( read original story ...)

A student from Singapore has taught himself Gaelic after being inspired by learning to play the pipes. Chi-Yan Lew has now travelled to study a term at Glasgow University and is making good use of his new language. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Four new libraries will be opened this year in Sengkang ... including books, magazines, and news reports online. However, those who read books more than once a week made up only 19 per cent, and “most” did not find reading as stimulating ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A skills framework for media professionals along with better support for media freelancers are some of the measures in the pipeline at the Ministry of Communications and Information, said Minister of State Chee Hong Tat in Parliament on Mon (Mar ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The year 1952 is widely regarded as the pivotal moment in which the so-called Nanyang Style of art came into its own. That year, four artists from Singapore travelled to Bali and consequently created paintings that would define a regional style ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- Singapore is a land of skyscrapers. High-rise public apartments across the city-state accommodate 80% of its people. Between the buildings, residents still have oases, often on street corners -- such as a marketplace with a grocery and other ... ( read original story ...)

Find out why it remains an expensive city to build in. The latest International Construction Costs Index published today by Arcadis revealed that Singapore is the third most expensive Asian city for construction, trailing behind Hong Kong and Macau. ( read original story ...)

"Joseph is the one you want," protests the mother of Singapore's first Olympic gold medallist. "I'm just his mother. What is there to write?" Or, she suggests, why don't I interview her husband Colin instead? No, I say, readers are interested in the woman ... ( read original story ...)