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Indonesia earthquake death toll hits 54 as nearly 1,600 aftershocks rattle East Nusa Tenggara

Thousands evacuated after a deadly earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, killing at least 54 people, damaging about 500 homes and triggering landslides

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Singapore: Shoving incident over elderly man patting girl’s head stirs heated debate (video)

The man, identified as Yeo Song Khoon, was walking with difficulty through the food court at Roxy Square on Saturday when he stopped at a table where a woman an...

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Myanmar verifies nearly 309,000 Rohingya from Bangladesh, but repatriation hinges on Rakhine security

The country insists repatriation cannot begin until security conditions improve amid ongoing fighting with the Arakan Army

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Lee Kuan Yew’s Montblanc pen fetches S$461,500 at Singapore auction

After attracting 111 bids from around the world, the auction price was nearly 10 times its pre-sale estimate

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Singapore police probe assault of 73-year-old man after he patted toddler’s head at food court

Police are investigating a case where a 73-year-old man was allegedly thrown to the ground by a younger man believed to be the father of a girl he thought she "...

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Iran offers US$30,000 bounty for capturing or killing US troops, double reward for women

Iranian military chief Amir Hatami says anyone who kills or captures and hands over US troops will receive US$30,000

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US envoy meets Hamas leader in Egypt as Trump administration pushes Gaza disarmament plan

Kushner presses the group for concrete and verifiable disarmament measures as Washington seeks to revive a Gaza peace plan rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Be...

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Flores hit with magnitude 5.6 earthquake

A moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Flores region in Indonesia at 2.51pm today, with the epicentre located 213km east of Bima

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Israeli strikes kill at least 11 in southern Lebanon in deadliest attacks since truce

Beirut warns that the strikes were undermining efforts to stabilise the region after the deadliest of such attacks occurred since a truce with Hezbollah took ef...

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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Sulawesi past midnight

Preliminary data from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) report no immediate casualties or significant damage following the earthquake

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Powerful Flores 7.7-magnitude earthquake kills 20 as two remain buried

The quake claims the lives of at least 20 people, injuring six and triggering a tsunami warning that was later lifted after waves of less than one metre were re...

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Singapore tightens sexual offences laws, criminalises non-consensual AI-generated intimate images

Singapore authorities wield greater powers to prosecute sexual offences involving minors committed overseas

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Trump says he will soon declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory

US President Donald Trump said he would “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz part of United States territory after defeating Iran