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SINGAPORE: Scammers in Singapore face mandatory caning of up to 24 strokes for serious cases with effect from Tuesday as a law authorising the punishment came into effect.
The city-state has doubled d...
Gold and sikver prices have fallen from record highs this week - Copyright AFP/File DAVID GRAY
Precious metals extended losses Tuesday on profit-taking after hitting recent records, while equities fοΏ½...
China launched missiles and deployed dozens of fighter aircraft and navy vessels around Taiwan on Tuesday for a second day of live-fire drills aimed at simulating a blockade of the self-ruled islandοΏ½...
The leader of Yemenβs presidential council declared a state of emergency and cancelled a security pact with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi-backed separatists seized swathe...
A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australiaβs Bondi Beach βacted aloneβ and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, police said on Tuesday.
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed allegedly...
China will on January 1 launch an "action plan" for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country's central bank said Monday."The future digital yuan wiοΏ½...
THE INSV Kaundinya, a wooden ship inspired by a fifth century design, lies anchored along the Arabian Sea coast in Porbandar, Gujarat.βAFP
NEW DELHI: Indiaβs navy boasts...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at US President Donald Trumpβs Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday to hold crucial talks on Gaza and Iran.
The US president will push the Israeli leader ...
Hamasβs armed wing confirmed on Monday the death of its spokesperson, Abu Obeida, months after Israel announced he had been killed in an air strike in Gaza.
The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released ...
Bondi Beach shooting hero Ahmed al Ahmed recalled the moment he ran towards one of the attackers and wrestled the gun from him, saying in an interview published Monday with a US outlet he wanted to pr...
