SINGAPORE: A public officer attached to the Singapore High Commission in London has been warned following an alleged child neglect incident, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Friday (Nov 15). MFA said the incident in September 2023 occurred when the Singaporean officer left his sleeping children at home to pick up his spouse … Read more
SINGAPORE: Abu Dhabi’s crown prince Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan will make a two-day official visit to Singapore from Tuesday (Oct 29), at the invitation of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. This is the crown prince’s first official visit to the country, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). There will be a ceremonial … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Singapore government will contribute US$100,000 (S$130,400) as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross’ (SRC) public fundraising efforts towards relief efforts in the wake of severe flooding in Bangladesh’s eastern districts. “The contribution will support humanitarian relief efforts and the immediate needs of affected communities,” the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs … Read more
STUDY VISITS, SCHOLARSHIPS To that end, Singapore will continue to tap the S$10 million (US$7.4 million) Enhanced Technical Assistance Package to help the Palestinian Authority build capacity and prepare for eventual statehood, said Dr Balakrishnan. Palestinian officials will be in Singapore from Jul 8 to Jul 12 for a study visit on using artificial intelligence … Read more
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman who was reportedly last seen in January was found dead in a Vietnam apartment on Thursday (Jun 13). According to Vietnamese media, the woman’s body was discovered at The Goldview condominium in Ho Chi Minh City. The woman, who was not named, was last seen on Jan 31, Vietnamese daily Nguoi … Read more
SINGAPORE: An officer from Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been suspended from duties to assist in investigations amid allegations that he filmed a teenager at a public bath in Japan. “We will cooperate with the Japanese authorities and take the necessary actions. We would also be prepared to waive diplomatic immunity to facilitate … Read more
An article published by the Beijing Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party’s Beijing Municipal Committee, said the measure against TikTok is tantamount to a “robbery” that would “completely destroy American national credibility, which is already flawed”. United States President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law the foreign aid bill and a … Read more
MFA said last Friday that an RSAF C-130 transport aircraft will conduct humanitarian airdrop operations staged out of Jordan with support from the Jordanian Armed Forces. The Singapore Armed Forces’ (SAF) Changi Regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Coordination Centre (RHCC) led efforts to coordinate and consolidate contributions of humanitarian aid supplies from agencies including … Read more
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman died last Friday (Dec 22) after she lost her footing and fell 30 metres from a cliff in Minnewaska State Park Preserve in the US state of New York. In a Facebook post on Dec 23, Mr Abdul Rauf Mohd Said said that medical staff tried to resuscitate his wife Nur Aisyah, also … Read more
Keziah Ogbonnaya, a judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, on Monday, declined a request to recuse herself from a libel suit filed by Geoffrey Onyeama, a former Nigerian foreign affairs minister. Mr Onyeama had sued a career ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lillian Onoh, who is also a sister to … Read more
