Emphasis on the private sector and advanced technologies is in line with China’s strategy as rivalry with the US heats up.

One victim choked, but the defence lawyer said there was discomfort but "not to the point where a life is endangered". Read more at straitstimes.com.

BARDALA, West Bank - Just metres from the last houses in Bardala, a Palestinian village at the northern end of the occupied ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday received high marks from a group of voters who backed the ...

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party dominates in the largely northern Hindi-speaking states. Read more at straitstimes.com.

BEIJING - North Korea has halted international trips to a city near its border with China, travel agencies said on March 5, ...

Analysts say Mr Trump’s tendency to use tariffs as a negotiating tool could backfire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

JERUSALEM - Israel swore in a new commander of its military on Wednesday as a standoff over the fragile ceasefire in Gaza increased the risk of a resumption of fighting without an agreement to bring ...

It has raised fears among aid workers of rising hunger in the world’s largest refugee settlement. Read more at ...

ATHENS - Greece's top court has ordered the release of Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz, setting aside a lower court ...

LONDON - Britain's Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a voyage through the English Channel and North Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The authorities also gave updates on the Budget Meal initiative and an ongoing review of the Animals and Birds Act. Read more at straitstimes.com.