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Former nominated member of parliament Calvin Cheng was criticised for his comments about sending pro-Palestine activists to Gaza. Photo: Facebook/Calvin Cheng

Singapore’s top officials, PM, criticise ex-NMP Calvin Cheng over Gaza post

The former nominated member of parliament on Thursday apologised for Facebook comments in March in which he offered to send pro-Palestine activists to Gaza.

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Taliban’s morality police arrest men for skipping mosque or wrong hairstyles

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Banking & finance

Trade tensions to benefit Hong Kong as IPO hub, trade gateway, Paul Chan says

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Israel-Gaza war

Hamas hides identities of top commanders to evade Israeli strikes

The move aims to shield leaders and maintain power amid calls for the group to relinquish control of Gaza.

10 Apr 2025 - 3:30PMvideocam

Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli strike on a residential area in Shujaiyya, Gaza City, on April 9. Photo: AFP

US moves B-2 bombers to Indian Ocean base in message to Iran

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth insists Tehran ‘should not have a nuclear bomb’.

10 Apr 2025 - 1:10PMvideocam

Trump says he’d use US military to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons

The US president says Israel would be ‘the leader’ of such a strike if necessary.

10 Apr 2025 - 7:41AM

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‘We are ready’: Indonesia offers sanctuary to Palestinians displaced by Gaza war

President Prabowo Subianto, on a trip to the Middle East and Turkey, said Indonesia was ready to take up to 1,000 Palestinians initially.

9 Apr 2025 - 12:32PMvideocam

Palestinian children walk through rubble and debris, a result of Israeli strikes, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip last month. Photo: AFP

Hezbollah says ready to discuss disarming if Israeli troops leave Lebanon

The group said it was open to talks with Lebanon’s president if Israel retreated from from five hilltops and halted its strikes.

9 Apr 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

‘No court run this way’: chaos at Israel hearing over sacking of security chief

Protests disrupted proceedings as an Israeli court heard petitions against the sacking of security chief Ronen Bar amid claims of political motives.

8 Apr 2025 - 6:48PM

US-Iran tensions

Trump says US, Iran beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

During meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House, Trump warned Tehran of ‘great danger’ if talks are not successful.

8 Apr 2025 - 3:41PMvideocam

US President Donald Trump, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

US ends some USAID contracts providing life-saving aid across Middle East

The projects were being cancelled ‘for the convenience of the US government’, according to letters sent to USAID partners.

8 Apr 2025 - 9:04AMvideocam

People receive food aid provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) at the Bab al-Rahma camp near the town of Kafr Lusin, north of Idlib, Syria, on March 12. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong lawmakers urge HKEX to speed up market reforms, sharpen edge

The volatility of global markets may provide new opportunities for IPOs in Hong Kong, a lawmaker says.

7 Apr 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

US air strikes on Yemen push casualty numbers higher

Sanaa and Saada bore the brunt of the strikes, as the latest bombings added to the growing death toll reported by Houthi authorities.

7 Apr 2025 - 1:53PMvideocam

Shorter layovers, new lounges, better jets: Air India’s revival takes flight

India’s flag carrier is investing heavily to lure back passengers, promising faster connections and upgraded cabins.

7 Apr 2025 - 12:56PM

An Air India aircraft prepares to land at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Gaza war

French President Macron meets Egyptian leader Sisi in Cairo for Gaza talks

On Monday, Macron, Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II will hold a summit as Israel renews its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:08AMvideocam

French President Emmanuel Macron (centre left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, centre, greet people at the Khan al-Khalili market area in Cairo on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

West Bank teenager with US citizenship ‘killed by Israeli forces’

The 14-year-old was among ‘terrorists’ who threw rocks at cars, Israel’s military said. A second boy, who was injured, also had a US passport.

7 Apr 2025 - 8:44AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill dozens as Netanyahu heads to US for war talks

Israel’s PM said he would discuss the Gaza war and a tariff imposed on Israel with Trump.

7 Apr 2025 - 3:54PM

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Ex-German president warns of far-right at anniversary of Buchenwald liberation

Christian Wulff called Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp ‘a place of systematic dehumanisation’ as he warned against radicalisation.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:02AM

Former German president Christian Wulff (right) and German historian Jens-Christian Wagner attend a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Israel’s detention of 2 British Labour MPs ‘unacceptable’: UK foreign secretary

David Lammy ‘deeply concerned’ after Chinese-born Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, who was born in Yemen, denied entry to Israel and deported.

7 Apr 2025 - 4:10AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel provides new details in killing of 15 Gaza aid workers

The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave. Another man is still missing.

6 Apr 2025 - 8:10PM

Iran calls Trump’s direct talks on nuclear deal ‘meaningless’

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to try the path of indirect negotiations’.

6 Apr 2025 - 3:44PM

A man repaints one of the famous anti-US murals in Tehran, Iran, on March 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Whose lives matter? Navigating aid and ethics in a divided world

As the West and Global South clash over Gaza and beyond, the question of whose lives are deemed worthy of protection exposes deep fractures.

6 Apr 2025 - 3:00PM

Internally displaced Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Gaza war

Video shows slain Gaza aid workers last moments, Red Crescent says

The video was recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza, showing clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing.

5 Apr 2025 - 7:22PM

‘Oops’: Trump posts video purportedly showing deadly Yemen strike

The black-and-white footage apparently depicts dozens of Houthi fighters being killed in a US attack.

5 Apr 2025 - 7:39AMvideocam

Trump tariffs, ‘de minimis’ exemption end challenge China’s e-commerce merchants

The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.

4 Apr 2025 - 6:39PMvideocam

Higher US tariffs and the end of duty exemptions pose a major challenge to China’s cross-border e-commerce merchants. Photo: Shutterstock

Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon, further testing ceasefire

Israel said the targeted militant Hassan Farhat was behind a rocket attack on the city of Safed last year that killed Israeli soldiers.

4 Apr 2025 - 8:42PM

Firefighters try to put out a fire at a building following an Israeli strike, in which the Israeli military said it killed Hamas commander Hassan Farhat, in Sidon, Lebanon on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israel expands ground offensive in Gaza City

Rescuers say the military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn.

4 Apr 2025 - 8:58PM

Pentagon watchdog to probe use of Signal for Yemen attack plans

Inspector General’s office looking into Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of app to discuss air strikes against Houthis.

4 Apr 2025 - 2:44PM

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