1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West pipeline after it was attacked by drones, calling it "a precautionary measure". CAIRO: Saudi Arabia said on Friday (Sep 12) it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (603+ words) Twenty-five years after the September 11 terror attacks, Singapore and the region face a rapidly evolving landscape of terrorism and extremism threats, says RSIS’ Kumar Ramakrishna. SINGAPORE: The attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2002, that killed nearly 3,000 people were…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (676+ words) "Climate change makes every El Nino hotter, and until we stop burning coal, oil, and gas these record-shattering months will simply keep on coming," says a climate scientist. PARIS: Europe's climate monitor said on Thursday (Sep 10) that August was the…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (471+ words) NEW YORK: International oil benchmark Brent spiked above US$100 a barrel Wednesday (Sep 9) for the first time since late July following renewed US-Iran hostilities, stoking fears of price increases and interest rate hikes. The jump in crude prices - with Brent…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (493+ words) Sept 9: Amid the increasingly heated U.S.-Canadian trade war, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League have weighed in with an apparent goodwill gesture to mark the season opening of their new home stadium near the border of New York…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (497+ words) Sept 9: Brent crude prices surged past $100 a barrel on Wednesday and Wall Street opened lower, as escalating conflict in the Middle East fuelled worries about energy-driven inflation ahead of several major central bank decisions. Stock markets across the globe came…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (141+ words) Hong Kong’s first leader after its return to Chinese rule, has died. Tung Chee-hwa was 89. His office says he passed away peacefully yesterday (Tuesday, 8 Sep) surrounded by his family. No cause of death has been announced. Tributes have been…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (101+ words) SEOUL: Dozens of South Koreans urged their government on Wednesday (Sep 9) not to deploy troops to the strategic Strait of Hormuz, slamming what they called Washington's "illegal war".The protesters across from the large US embassy compound in Seoul waved…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (577+ words) Hand-picked by Beijing to run Hong Kong after the 1997 handover, the former shipping tycoon oversaw a rocky tenure until he stepped down in 2005. HONG KONG: Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader after the city's return to Chinese rule, has died…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (900+ words) WASHINGTON: The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday (Sep 8), sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat. The import bans, which go into effect on Sep 29 and were published…...