Singapore police have seized or frozen more than $1.76 billion (Sg$2.4 billion) worth of assets in one of the biggest money laundering cases ever uncovered in the city-state, local media reported yesterday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday told world leaders humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels had “opened the gates to hell” as he kicked off a climate meeting where leading polluters China and the United States were conspicuously absent.

India yesterday urged its nationals in Canada, especially students, to exercise “utmost caution” as ties deteriorate after each nation expelled one of the other’s diplomats in an escalating row over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader.

A species of small holly tree that was last seen nearly two centuries ago and was feared extinct has been rediscovered pluckily clinging to life in an urban area in northeastern Brazil, scientists said Tuesday.

Russia struck the Kremenchuk oil refinery in the central Poltava region of Ukraine in an overnight drone attack, causing a fire, Governor Dmytro Lunin said yesterday.

Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to 10 years’ prison under a bill passed yesterday.

Venezuela’s government has been intensifying efforts to reduce civic and democratic space, UN experts said yesterday, voicing alarm at the situation in the run-up to elections next year.

A Thai politician and activist was banned from politics for life yesterday for breaching “ethical standards” with decade-old photos deemed disrespectful to the kingdom’s revered monarchy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday confronted Russia directly at the UN Security Council, denouncing the Kremlin’s invasion of his country as “criminal” and urging the United Nations to strip Moscow of its veto power.

Lawmakers in India’s lower house of parliament yesterday approved a bill to reserve 33 percent of seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women. The bill would now have to be approved by the upper house and at least half of India’s state

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited US President Joe Biden to be the chief guest at the January 26 Republic Day celebrations during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, America’s ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said

People in poorer countries are disproportionately suffering from air pollution spewed from the increasing scourge of fires in forests and fields around the world, according to new research published yesterday. Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub,

AI is both a threat and an opportunity for journalism, with more than half of those surveyed for a new report saying they had concerns about its ethical implications on their work. While 85 percent of respondents had experimented with generative AI such as

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the high-level 78th session of the UN general assembly session here. “Another development that will pave the way for regional peace, stability and

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that the United States should prove its “goodwill and determination” to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear pact as months of indirect talks between the long-time foes have led nowhere. “By exiting the JCPOA, the

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday of the prospect of a coup in Guatemala, echoing US concerns about risks to democracy in the Central American country after last month’s election. “In

Armenian separatist forces in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered and agreed to a ceasefire yesterday, 24 hours after Baku began an offensive to restore full control of its territory.

Azerbaijan today announced it had halted its military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, after separatist Armenian forces agreed to lay down their arms and hold reintegration talks..Baku and the ethnic-Armenian authorities in Karabakh said a ceasefire deal had been broke

AI is both a threat and an opportunity for journalism, with more than half of those surveyed for a new report saying they had concerns about its ethical implications on their work.

Canada worked "very closely" with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday