Former Senate staffer indicted; Feds seize 'N.Y. Times' reporter's phone, email records in leak prob
WASHINGTON — A veteran Senate Intelligence Committee staffer was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to FBI agents during an...
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Parkland school security monitor who saw Nikolas Cruz before shooting barred from grounds
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas coach who saw Nikolas Cruz step onto campus before the Valentine's Day shooting and another coach who hid in a...
Aaron Schlossberg's law firm gets pummeled with 1-star Yelp reviews after racist rant
Aaron Schlossberg, a New York-based lawyer, became Internet famous on Wednesday for the worst of reasons: a racist rant that went viral....
Trump ramps up rhetoric on undocumented immigrants: 'These aren't people. These are animals.
WASHINGTON — President Trump used extraordinarily harsh rhetoric to renew his call for stronger immigration laws Wednesday, calling...
Asean street fair opens at this year's Hari Raya Bazaar
SINGAPORE - Slurp Paksong coffee from Laos, buy embroidered wallets from Myanmar and eat chocolate from the Philippines - all without...
Parliament: Safety systems to be enhanced following two SAF training-related deaths
They report periodically to the Defence Minister on the rigour of the system and present recommendations to improve.Speaking in...
8 years' jail for ex-grassroots volunteer who used Ong Ye Kung's name to cheat 12 victims of $1.4m
Chng got to know his victims mostly through grassroots activities. He was a volunteer at Kaki Bukit constituency between 2011 and 2015....
Parliament: Criminal proceedings 'almost certain' over death of SCDF NSF, says K. Shanmugam
SINGAPORE - There will almost "certainly" be criminal proceedings taken over the death of Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time...
Parliament: Extending leases of older HDB flats involves 'serious trade-offs and ramifications to co
SINGAPORE- Amid calls for automatic lease extensions for older public flats, Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong has said...
Hawaii volcano erupts, spews ash 6 miles into the sky
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, the biggest explosion yet driving a plume of ash and debris 30,000 feet into the air and...
Donald Trump ponders North Korean threat to cancel Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration declared Wednesday that it's up to North Korea to follow through on its threats to cancel a summit...
Starbucks apologizes to Latino customer for racial slur written on his drink cup
A Latino man says that when he received his drink order at a Starbucks coffee store in a Los Angeles suburb, it came with a racial slur...
Philadelphia kindergarten teacher finds bag of crack cocaine in mouth of girl, 6
The young girl thought it was sugar.A teacher at a southwest Philadelphia kindergarten became alarmed Wednesday when she saw a...
Police: 'Heroic' officer thwarts mass shooting at high school in Dixon, Illinois
Authorities say the quick-action of a "heroic" school resource officer Wednesday thwarted a school shooting suspect in northern Illinois....
Hong Kong, New York and London Top World Luxury Markets
Hong Kong, where a manufacturer bought a lavish mansion last year for US$360 million (HK$2.8 billion), is the world’s most luxurious...
HKEX chief expects more IPOs under Hong Kong’s new listing regime after summer break
Charles Li Xiaojia, chief executive of the Hong Kong bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, said on Thursday he believed more...
China snatches Dominican Republic from Taiwan in diplomatic blow
The Dominican Republic has announced it has severed ties with Taiwan and switched its allegiance to China, reducing the number of...
US stands tall as Asia's most powerful country despite rising China
The United States is still the most powerful nation in the Asia region in spite of a rising challenge from China, a new ranking by an...
'Forced intimacy' Tensions have remained high in Xinjiang -- a resource-rich area long inhabited by
Sun Zhengcai, a former top Chinese Communist Party official once considered a potential successor to President Xi Jinping, has been...
More than a million Chinese Communist officials are being dispatched to live with local families in
More than a million Chinese Communist officials are being dispatched to live with local families in the western region of Xinjiang, a...
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