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Female genital cutting legal in Singapore with babies under 2 undergoing circumcision
Filzah Sumartono, a campaigner, said it is mostly the women in the families who take the decision.
Chinese military adviser says Singapore should 'pay the price' in South China Sea spat
Singapore denies supporting the Philippines' push for arbitration over the territory's ownership.
Woman faces 4 years in jail for letting boyfriend abuse 1-year-old son and cause severe head injury
The man was jailed for six and a half years over multiple charges of ill-treatment of a child.
North Korea's cold war era allies taking strong action to isolate Kim Jong-un regime
Angola, Mongolia, Singapore and Poland to kick out foreign workers, revoke visa-free travel.
'World's largest' fintech hub set to open in Singapore amid attempts to boost innovation
The facility is called Lattice80 and will reportedly be a not-for-profit initiative.
Zika virus in Singapore: 13 Indians among people tested positive, confirms foreign ministry
Chinese and Bangladeshi nationals have also been infected with Zika in the country.
nuTonomy vrooms past Uber and Google to launch world's first self-driving taxi in Singapore
The trial run comes days before Uber plans to conduct its self-driving trials.
Malaysia to foreign diplomats: Isis threat against country 'contained' for now
Malaysian counter-terrorism official says most attack plotters were working without coordination from Syria.
Singapore street food hawker earns Michelin star for £1 soya sauce chicken
The chef chops up 180 chickens a day to satisfy the long queues of hungry customers.
Welcome to the space race: Singapore startup creates hybrid rockets and 3D printed fuel to challenge SpaceX
Adam Gilmour sees hybrid rocket engines powered by plastic and wax as the future of space travel.
Indonesia foils plot to launch terror attack on Singapore's Marina Bay
Isis-linked suspects are believed to have planned to launch a rocket from the Indonesian island of Batam.
1MDB Scandal: Ex-Malaysian prime minister calls for current PM Najib Razak to be named and shamed
Mahathir Mohamad says foreign nations should criticize Malaysian government links to embezzlement scandal.
Indonesia tax amnesty programme: $30m worth of assets repatriated in first week
Jakarta hopes to recover $100bn of Indonesian wealth by the end of the programme in March 2017.
Could Paris, Amsterdam or Dublin steal London's crown as financial centre?
IBTimes UK looks at which cities could overtake London as the world's leading financial centre after Brexit.
Singapore: 4 Bangladeshi men associated with Isis sentenced for financing terrorism
The men were detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act in April.
Shanghai maths method to bring Chinese rote learning into English primary schools
Ministers want to raise the maths' standards of English pupils and see the Chinese methods as the answer.
Brexit: Asian investors still busy buying in London property market despite EU uncertainty
Asian buyers have not deserted UK property: "The early evidence is that sales are holding up."
Orphaned tree kangaroo journeys from Australia to Singapore zoo to save his species
Makaia, known as Adelaide zoo's miracle tree kangaroo, was adopted by a wallaby in 2014.
Singapore is turning off the internet in drastic plan to bolster cybersecurity
The government plans to take 100,000 computers offline by 2017.
Goldman Sachs under spotlight as US investigators probe bank over Malaysian fund 1MDB
Investigators in the US are trying to work out whether Goldman Sachs breached federal law when it failed to raise the alarm over an unusual transaction in Malaysia.
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Active gym chain to invest £150m to increase its presence in South East Asia
Twenty new gyms to come up in Thailand and between 8 and 10 in Singapore.
Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong denies sister's abuse of power accusations
Singaporean leader 'deeply saddened' by Lee Wei Ling's allegations amid public family spat.
Panama Papers: The five worst places for financial secrecy - and they aren't all tax havens
The most financially secretive states according to Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index 2015.
Losing Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe's 92-year-old leader disappears after New Delhi no-show
Claims the African strongman flew to Singapore to seek medical attention.
London sixth most expensive city after Singapore, Zurich, New York, Geneva and Hong Kong, EIU says
Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Lusaka, Almaty, Damascus, Algiers, and Caracas among the 10 cheapest.
Singapore makes it mandatory for divorcing couples to attend parenting programme
Changes to The Women's Charter following evolving trends in society.
Madonna shames ex-personal trainer in front of 20,000 for affair with her boyfriend
Star tells crowd in the Philippenes: 'she f***ed my boyfriend, so I fired her'
Japan, Australia, Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand most vulnerable to cyberattacks, says report
The five countries are the most heavily dependent on internet-based interactions.
Singapore Airshow 2016: Flying squad perform extraordinary aerobatic performances
Aviation shows saw performances from the South Korean aerobatics team as well as the US and French airforces.
Barclays bank and Interpol cyber-division team up to combat online crime
New cyber-security position is to focus on bolstering intelligence-sharing between the bank and cyber-cops.