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A top national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump is in line to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore. K.T. McFarland came into ... McFarland worked as a Fox News analyst before joining Trump's national security team. She previously worked for ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Afghanistan will send senior officials to Singapore to attend programmes on topics such as public administration, urban planning and sustainable development under an agreement signed on Friday (Apr 7), Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... ( read original story ...)

A Singapore court on Friday cut the jail sentence for the co-founder of one of the city-state's most popular churches, after he appealed his conviction and sentence for misusing millions of dollars to support of his wife's pop singing career. The Court of ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: It cruises past a row of parked cars under the blazing hot sun at Outram Road. Suddenly, it stops in its tracks and zooms in on something. “It has potentially identified a blacklisted car, through its car-plate," explained group managing ... ( read original story ...)

It scored 74.6 out of 100. Singapore leads the pack of Southeast Asian countries in terms of auto sales, said BMI Research. According to BMI Research’s auto sales risk-reward index (RRI), Singapore registered a score of 74.6 out of 100. This places the ... ( read original story ...)

SubPartners originally announced a Perth-Singapore cable back in 2013, with the intent to finance the construction itself and allow other companies to buy capacity. But SubPartners struggled to attract seed money, according to IT News, so it restructured ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy may be perking up, but the central bank isn't likely to turn hawkish at this month's policy review, analysts said. Khoon Goh, head of Asia research at ANZ, said in a note on Wednesday that the question wasn't really whether Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore remains committed to concluding the review of its free trade agreement with India and has not received any official notification from its Indian counterpart that the ongoing review has been put on hold, a spokesperson from the Ministry ... ( read original story ...)

K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs & Minister for Law, has raised the red flag on the prevalence and impact of fake news in Singapore. In a recent Parliamentary discussion, addressing the issue, he talked about the real world consequences of fake news ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The National Museum of Singapore is exploring the use of data analytics and augmented reality (AR) to better engage with its audiences. The museum's senior assistant director Jervais Choo said: "We are constantly exploring with different ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore remains committed to concluding the review of its free trade agreement with India and has not received any official notification from its Indian counterpart that the ongoing review has been put on hold, a spokesperson from the Ministry ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore will maintain a tough stance and step up efforts in its fight against drugs, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam, capping off a marathon session of Parliament that ended close to 10pm on Tuesday (Apr 3). It will also review ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Singaporean boat captain detained in Indonesia for nearly a year for illegally entering its waters faces a third set of charges for violations under Indonesia's shipping law. The charges against Shoo Chiau Huat were read out on Tuesday (Apr ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore: An Indian Imam living in Singapore will be repatriated for his remarks against Jews and Christians. Nalla Mohamed Abdul Jameel, 47, had pleaded guilty to a charge of promoting enmity between different religious groups and was fined Sg $4,000 ($ ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore on Monday said it would repatriate the chief cleric of a Muslim mosque for offensive remarks targeting Christians and Jews, a decision that aimed to "repudiate divisive speech". Authorities in the multi-ethnic city-state, an outpost of ... ( read original story ...)

Read More SINGAPORE: Singapore today ordered the expulsion of an Indian ... He was handed a fine of Singaporean dollars 4,000 ($ 2,860), the Channel News Asia reported. In February, a video was circulated online of the imam reportedly reciting a prayer ... ( read original story ...)