Total solar eclipse sweeps over Indonesia

In Singapore, the partial solar eclipse was visible minutes after the sunrise on Wednesday.

Mar 9, 2016

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova faces suspension after revealing she failed in a drug test

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova faces suspension after revealing she failed in a drug test

Mar 8, 2016

Solar eclipse 2016 Live: When and how to watch it in Singapore and Southeast Asia

In southern Vietnam and Thailand will also be able to witness a 60 percent eclipse.

Mar 8, 2016

India lift Asia Cup beating hosts Bangladesh by eight wickets

India's opener Shikhar Dhawan hit half-century to establish a 94-run stand with Virat Kohli that won the match and the cup for India.

Mar 7, 2016

Rupert Murdoch and actress and model Jerry Hall after their marriage

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress and model Jerry Hall celebrate their marriage.

Mar 7, 2016

Former US first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

Nancy Davis was a prominent Hollywood actress during the 1940s and 1950s before she married the would-be president in 1952.

Mar 7, 2016

Malaysia's exports post unexpected decline

Analysts say consistently low oil prices and a slowing Chinese economy hit the country's exports.

Mar 4, 2016

Singapore Airlines takes full control of Tiger Airways

The national carrier controls 95.6 percent of Tiger Airways as of February 26.

Mar 4, 2016

Pro-life protest in front of US Supreme Court ahead of hearing in a key abortion case

Pro-life protest in front of US Supreme Court ahead of hearing in a key abortion case

Mar 3, 2016

Private sector growth hits weakest pace in five months

The Nikkei Singapore Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for February was at 51.6, down from 52.5 in the previous month.

Mar 3, 2016

New Zealand's Martin Crowe dies at 53, losing battle with cancer

Crowe, regarded as New Zealand's best batsman ever, was suffering from lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system.

Mar 3, 2016

Singapore may not raise foreign worker levy given economic slowdown - Analyst

The analyst also said Budget 2016 is unlikely to have a greatly positive impact on markets and economic growth.

Mar 2, 2016

NASA's Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to earth after a year in space

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after nearly a year on the International Space Station.

Mar 2, 2016

Singapore office space vacancy rates rise as slowdown bites

Adding to the problem of oversupply, many top dollar projects are nearing completion.

Mar 1, 2016

Brie Larson at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party after winning the Best Actress award

Actress Brie Larson holds her award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film "Room" during the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, California February 29, 2016

Feb 29, 2016

24 arrested in Geylang raids on illegal public gambling

The raids were conducted at coffees hops, entertainment outlets and back alleys at Geylang.

Feb 29, 2016

India: Mumbai man kills 14 members of family, hangs himself

The grizzliest massacre in India in recent years took place in the city of Thane in the western state of Gujarat.

Feb 29, 2016

Switzerland's Gianni Infantino elected Fifa president

Infantino got 115 out of the total 207 votes, 27 more than main rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.

Feb 27, 2016

Three killed, 14 injured in Kansas factory mass shooting

The gunman was an employee at Excel Industries, located in a tight-knit community north of Wichita, Kansas.

Feb 26, 2016

Singaporean hacked to death with cleaver in 'staring incident'

A coffee shop employee, named Khor Tzoong Meng, had been detained from his apartment hours after the murder took place.

Feb 26, 2016