A suspicious item was found on the upper deck of the multi-storey car park in Eunos on Monday morning (July 27), prompting a response from the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).Marine Parade-Braddell Heights MP for the Geylang Serai division, Diana Pang, shared details of the incident in a Facebook post later that day.She said that an empty fuel tank was discovered at the multi-storey car park at Block 39 Eunos Crescent.Although the tank contained no liquid fuel, residual fuel vapours remained inside and could have posed a potential fire or explosion risk if it were exposed to an ignition source and not reported earlier, Pang said.«Investigations are ongoing, and the relevant agencies are looking into the incident,» she added.«Preliminary findings suggest that it may be related to the illegal storage or distribution of diesel or petrol.»Thanking the police and SCDF for their swift response and ongoing investigations, Pang also took the opportunity to remind residents to remain vigilant.

The Council for Estate Agencies (CEA) will launch a full-scale platform to verify the authenticity of online listings next year, said Senior Minister of State for National Development and Transport Sun Xueling at the Singapore Estate Agents Conference 2026 on Tuesday (July 28). This is a move aimed at tackling fake, duplicate and unauthorised listings.Announcing the measure, Sun said the initiative forms part of broader efforts by the Ministry of National Development (MND) and CEA to raise professional standards, enhance transparency in the property industry and give consumers greater clarity and choice.Verification, ratings and direct listingsThe new platform will conduct backend verification checks and assign a unique code to property listings before they are published.The platform builds on the work of the Alliance for Action on Accurate Property Listings, following a common concern by both property agents and consumers on the prevalence of inaccurate, fake, duplicate and unauthorised property listings, said a CEA spokesperson.

A $7 QuickPick ticket has won the more than $5.9 million jackpot in the Toto draw on Monday (July 27). According to Singapore Pools, the sole Group 1 winning share of $5,900,838 came from a QuickPick System 7 entry bought through the Singapore Pools' account betting service.The winning numbers:  22, 23, 30, 36, 44 and 48, with the additional number 28.Four winning shares also took home the Group 2 prize, with each share receiving $156,797.The draw also saw 241 Group 3 winners, each receiving $1,790. There were 611 Group 4 winners, who each took home $385, while 12,154 Group 5 winners received $50 each. A total of 16,502 Group 6 winners won $25 each, and 219,617 Group 7 winners received $10 each.The next Toto draw will be held on July 30, with an estimated top prize of $1 million.

An elderly man was filmed wrestling with a carpark gantry barrier in Chinatown, eventually breaking it.A video of the incident was uploaded to Instagram on Sunday (July 26) by Sgfollowsall, and has since garnered over 153,000 views and 160 comments.The incident reportedly occurred at the carpark of People's Park Complex, though it is unclear when it occurred.The video appears to be filmed by a person in a vehicle at the carpark exit, and at least one other vehicle can be seen stalled while the man blocks the exit.The clip shows the man forcefully pushing the barrier upwards, before pushing it sideways and snapping off the longer section of the boom arm.He then places the broken off piece onto the curb next to the gantry, before attempting to push the shorter piece upwards.The man also attempts to break the shorter piece by pressing down on it, but to no avail.Towards the end of the video, the man is also seen approaching the access terminal and pressing a button, likely to speak to staff through the intercom.

A claw machine operator has filed a police report after a man and his son were caught on camera shaking its claw machines and stealing the fallen prizes. The incident occurred on Saturday (July 25) at around 1.36pm at the FortuneClaw claw machines on the first floor lobby at Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, reported Lianhe Zaobao. Fang (transliterated), 35, told the Chinese newspaper that he discovered one of the claw machine's camera lenses was broken. He then reviewed the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage to find out what happened. The CCTV footage showed a family of four standing in front of a row of claw machines. A man, presumably the father, is seen reaching up and grabbing the top of one machine before giving it a forceful shake, causing multiple prizes to fall. A shorter man, believed to be his son, then imitates him, shaking the machine in the same manner.Another clip shows the son taking a plastic box and plush toy from a second machine and hands one to a younger boy. [[nid:710594]]

Housing developers undertaking large-scale complex projects, including larger collective sale redevelopments, will now have more time to build and sell off all the units in the development.«We want to incentivise private developers to intensify their use by rejuvenating ageing residential sites, including larger sites where redevelopment will require a longer duration,» said Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat at the Singapore Economic Review Conference held at Orchard Hotel Singapore on Tuesday (July 28).Under new rules that take effect on Wednesday (July 29), developers of projects yielding between 700 and 1,399 residential units will have their completion and sale timelines extended to six years, from 5.5 years currently. Projects yielding at least 1,400 residential units will have their completion and sale timelines extended to seven years.«These changes are intended to set the right incentives for developers to rejuvenate larger estates, so that we can encourage more than rejuvenation, and achieve an outcome which is good for society as a whole,» Chee explained.

While suicide deaths showed a general decline across most age groups, there was a 50 per cent increase among adults aged 30 to 39.There were 99 such deaths in this age group in 2024, up from 66 recorded the year before.The final number of cases in 2024 is 441, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in its Report on Registration of Births and Deaths (2025) on Monday (July 27). There were 434 reported cases in 2023.The authority had previously reported a preliminary number of 314 suicide deaths in 2024 due to pending legal investigations.With the finalised number at 441, the suicide death rate is 8.23 per 100,000 residents — an increase of 0.04 from 2023.Majority of cases — 65.8 per cent or 290 — were men, as was the case in past years.It is the leading cause of death among youths aged 10 to 29, and the second leading cause of death in adults aged 30 to 39.The preliminary number of suicide deaths in Singapore for 2025 is 256, according to ICA.

The 15-month wait-out period for private property owners buying HDB resale flats, which was introduced in 2022 as a temporary measure to moderate demand, has been removed with immediate effect.  a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } Announcing this at the Singapore Economic Review Conference held at Orchard Hotel Singapore on Tuesday (July 28), Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat said that the Government's policies must evolve and adapt to society's changing needs. The change means private residential property owners (PPOs) and former PPOs purchasing a non-subsidised HDB resale flat without an HDB housing loan will no longer be subject to the 15-month wait-out period.He said that the Government takes a pragmatic approach to policymaking and will do what works best for Singapore based on evidence rather than ideology.«This includes changing course when faced with a new situation or operating environment,» he added.

HONG KONG — HSBC will hire more than 100 artificial intelligence specialists and 100 wealth managers in Singapore, deepening investment in two areas central to the bank's Asian growth strategy as it expands higher-fee businesses and accelerates AI adoption.The announcement come as HSBC moves to launch a new AI centre in Singapore in the second half of 2026, the bank said in a statement on Monday.The banking group's Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said in May that AI would destroy and create certain jobs in the financial industry, and that the bank was retraining its workforce to meet the challenge.HSBC said it would recruit talent across natural language processing, data science, AI governance and human-centred design. The centre will initially focus on personalising customer wealth management conversations, introducing agentic treasury solutions, and expanding AI-enabled digital payments.Rival Standard Chartered announced in May that its AI transformation would eliminate about 8,000 jobs internally.HSBC is also looking to boost its local wealth management operation by adding another 100 relationship managers, a company spokesperson said.

A dispute over leaving a child stroller at a Tampines HDB block escalated into a case of alleged assault, with a woman claiming that she was slapped.The incident occurred outside a pre-school on the ground floor of Block 878 Tampines Avenue 8 last Friday (July 24) morning, reported Shin Min Daily News.A resident, who declined to be named, said the woman, whose child attends the pre-school, alleged that she had been slapped twice by a man for leaving the stroller along the corridor.The man and woman had allegedly argued about the issue earlier on Thursday, the resident said.«They argued for a while, and the man kept yelling and swearing. There was no physical conflict then. The next morning, I heard them arguing again, and this time the police were called,» Shin Min quoted the resident as saying.The police said they received a call for assistance regarding a case of assault at about 9.35am. A 61-year-old man is assisting with ongoing investigations.According to the news report, the pre-school has a sign pasted on a window which asks parents not to leave their strollers outside.

The defence ministries of Singapore and Australia on Monday (July 27) announced the signing of an arrangement to strengthen defence industrial cooperation, which they said will support their two countries' armed forces.Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement that the Industrial Base Resiliency Arrangement (IBRA) was signed during Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing's working visit to Australia for the 15th Singapore-Australia joint ministerial committee meeting.The arrangement was signed by Permanent Secretary for Defence Development Melvyn Ong and Australia's National Armaments Director Nadine Williams, and witnessed by the two defence ministers.

Singapore and Australia share a «special relationship» that is grounded in trust and alignment.This, in turn, has enabled the two countries to deepen engagement — in a relevant and timely way, said Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday (July 27).«The deep reservoir of trust, goodwill and strategic alignment has not changed in decades,» Dr Balakrishnan noted in his remarks at a joint press conference at the 15th Singapore-Australia joint ministerial committee meeting in Adelaide.Going back in history, the minister noted that Australian troops were housed in Singapore in the early days following its independence, and, later, while continuing to be part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements, the two countries sought to maintain trade links.

As part of the changes to Cabinet and other appointments announced on July 22, four political office holders — Ng Chee Meng, Jeffrey Siow, David Neo and Sim Ann — were sworn in as ministers by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Monday (July 27).Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was present at the ceremony held at the Istana.Speaking on July 22 when he announced the Cabinet reshuffle, PM Wong said he had asked National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng, who is also MP for Jalan Kayu GRC, to return to his Cabinet.Explaining his decision, PM Wong said that Ng's addition to the Cabinet «will strengthen the Government team as we tackle the challenges ahead.»

SINGAPORE - Former child actor Amos Yee is set to plead guilty on Sept 7 to charges that he had avoided National Service obligations.Yee, 27, was handed three charges under the Enlistment Act in March.According to court documents, Yee failed to report for the national service pre-enlistment medical screening and had remained outside the country without a valid exit permit after leaving for the US in December 2016 to seek asylum.Yee is said to have left Singapore without a valid exit permit from Dec 13, 2015, to April 19, 2016, and from Dec 15, 2016, to March 19, 2026.During this period, he allegedly failed to report for national service medical screening from April 26, 2016, to March 19, 2026.Yee fled to the US after repeated run-ins with the law in Singapore over comments that he made that were derogatory to Christians and Muslims. He was granted asylum in the US in 2018.He was deported from the US on March 19 following his conviction by a grand jury in an Illinois court for solicitation and possession of child pornography. His record was expunged from the website of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

The defence ministries of Singapore and Australia on Monday (July 27) announced the signing of an arrangement to strengthen defence industrial cooperation, which they said will support their two countries' armed forces.Singapore's Ministry of Defence (Mindef) said in a statement that the Industrial Base Resiliency Arrangement (IBRA) was signed during Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence Chan Chun Sing's working visit to Australia for the 15th Singapore-Australia joint ministerial committee meeting.The arrangement was signed by Permanent Secretary for Defence Development Melvyn Ong and Australia's National Armaments Director Nadine Williams, and witnessed by the two defence ministers.

A fitness trainer has denied allegations linking her to former Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim after online rumours falsely identified her as the woman involved in the circumstances surrounding his recent resignation.Rasidah Caudal shared a screengrab of what appeared to be a Telegram message claiming she was «the one who caused MP Faishal to resign» and alleging that she was «married to a French man», in an Instagram (IG) post on Monday (July 27).The same image has also been posted on TikTok, where it gained over 82,000 views as at Monday.Calling it an «untrue allegation» in her IG post, Caudal said she had been «wrongfully accused as the woman in the [Assoc] Prof Faishal['s] case».«I would like to take the occasion to categorically reject these accusations,» she wrote.'I have been wrongfully accused'Caudal, a certified senior Piloxing — a high-energy fitness workout — and Pilates trainer, conducts classes at various community centres.

A grieving pet owner was enraged after finding his deceased pet dog's remains dumped inside a rubbish bin near a HDB block despite having paid for a pet cremation service. Liu Jianping (transliterated), a 46-year-old secretary, and his wife were the owners of a female dachshund named Kimi since 2010, reported Shin Min Daily News. It was 16 years old when it died on the morning of July 19. Liu told the Chinese newspaper that given his dog's long life, he was not too sad and searched online on how to properly handle his dog's remains.He reportedly found a company called Express Pet Cremation that specialises in pet cremation, and would scatter one's pet's ashes at sea.«One of their male employees came to my house early that morning to pick up (Kimi's) body, put it in a bag and left,» said Liu. He added that the employee also gave him an invoice, which reportedly stated that the body would be cremated at Ubi, and asked the 46-year-old to transfer him $180. 

As part of the changes to Cabinet and other appointments announced on July 22, four political office holders — Ng Chee Meng, Jeffrey Siow, David Neo and Sim Ann — were sworn in as ministers by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Monday (July 27).Prime Minister Lawrence Wong was present at the ceremony held at the Istana.Speaking on July 22 when he announced the Cabinet reshuffle, PM Wong said he had asked National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Ng Chee Meng, who is also MP for Jalan Kayu GRC, to return to his Cabinet.Explaining his decision, PM Wong said that Ng's addition to the Cabinet «will strengthen the Government team as we tackle the challenges ahead.»

A self-radicalised 14-year-old planned a mass-casualty stabbing attack at his secondary school, drafted a 21-page manifesto and intended to livestream the violence before taking his own life.He is the youngest person ever detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA). The teen was arrested in May, about a month before he planned to launch the attack during the June school holidays, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday (July 27).His case was one of three youth radicalisation cases announced by the authorities. The other detainees were a 15-year-old ISIS supporter who aspired to establish a violent «Malaya Caliphate» in Southeast Asia and a 19-year-old who allegedly plotted attacks against SAF personnel and LGBTQ students.All three individuals, aged 14, 15 and 19, were self-radicalised online by violent extremist ideologies and had planned to conduct attacks in Singapore.The 14-year-old non-Chinese Secondary Two student had planned on conducting a mass-casualty stabbing attack at his school during the June holidays.

A woman was appalled when she witnessed a dog hanging outside of a car door as the vehicle was moving. The Tiktok user @tinadestruit posted a video on Sunday (July 26) of a white dog with its head out of the window of a moving silver BMW.In her caption, the motorcyclist wrote that she spotted a «cute dog» in a car but was not prepared for what happened next.Moments later, as she trailed behind the BMW in the video, she noticed the dog hanging out of the car door by its leash.«The dog [came] out,» she said repeatedly in the video.The motorcyclist ahead of her could also be heard honking his horn to alert the driver of the silver car.As the dog released itself from the car door, the car also came to a halt. The white dog could be seen bolting away from the road as the driver of the car stepped out to retrieve the dog.The motorcyclist added in her caption that it was a good thing the road was not busy. She did not specify where in Singapore the incident took place.In her video, she reminded pet owners to «always keep an eye on your pets in vehicles».

Chairman and chief executive officer of independent investment banking firm Evercore Asia, Keith Magnus, will be appointed to the Singapore Land Authority's (SLA) board from August 1, the Ministry of Law announced on Monday (July 27). The 52-year-old replaces DBS banker Lim Soon Chong, who completes his current term of office on July 31.Magnus, who also chairs The Kallang, has spent over 25 years in investment banking. This includes 22 years at the helm of Evercore Asia's Singapore office, a major international financial institution headquartered in Wall Street.Having advised on transactions worth close to half a trillion (SGD), Magnus received over 30 awards from leading industry publications, including best merger and acquisition adviser in Asia, and in Singapore.As the founding chairman of The Kallang Group, which owns and manages The Kallang precinct, he is involved in turning the precinct into a 24/7 integrated destination.

The body of a 78-year-old man who lived alone in a Lengkok Bahru flat was found last Saturday (July 25), more than a week after he was last seen around the neighbourhood.Volunteers making the rounds that morning had noticed last week's bread still hanging on his gate and called the police for help, reported Shin Min Daily News.A reporter from the Chinese evening daily visited Block 58 Lengkok Bahru and observed that the dead man's flat was filled with clutter.His relatives arrived at the home at about 4pm, and they burned joss paper when his body was taken away at about 5.30pm.The deceased, who was unmarried, was identified as Lin Yaba (transliteration) by Shin Min.A neighbour surnamed Chen, who last saw Lin on July 16, said Lin used to ride his bicycle every day. «The volunteers visited (on July 25) and discovered that the bread from last Saturday (July 18) was still hanging at the door,» he claimed.Lin's younger sister said her brother had always been in good health, though he had complained about prostate issues about two weeks ago.His death came as a shock to her, she said.

SINGAPORE — Merging the Category A and Category B certificates of entitlement (COEs) into a single pool, and introducing rebates and surcharges based on vehicle value, were among the ideas discussed during the refresh of the Land Transport Master Plan.The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement on July 27 that more than 400 participants in the master plan’s second phase of focus group discussions had explored ideas for categorising COEs.These included using vehicle size as a differentiating criterion and allocating COEs based on need, particularly for large families with young children.They also suggested creating a separate category for car leasing companies, imposing surcharges on those who own multiple cars, and removing the Open category (Category E) COEs, which are typically used for larger and more powerful cars.At the focus group discussion on this topic, Edward Chia, deputy chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, proposed pooling the Category A and B COEs.He also suggested offering discounts for vehicles with lower open market values and imposing surcharges on those with higher values.

Singapore's manufacturing output rose by 7.2 per cent year-on-year in June, driven mainly by growth in the electronics, precision engineering and transport engineering clusters.Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output in June increased by 9.6 per cent, down from the 17.7 per cent spike in May, according to official data from the Economic Development Board (EDB) released on Monday (July 27).On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, manufacturing output decreased by 7.2 per cent, from the 0.7 per cent drop in May, while output excluding biomedical manufacturing dropped by 11.2 per cent.General and biomedical manufacturing, chemicals sectors droppedBiomedical manufacturing declined 11.4 per cent in June from the 24.2 per cent recorded in May.This was due to the pharmaceuticals cluster seeing a different mix of active pharmaceutical ingredients being produced, EDB said.General manufacturing also saw a decline — by 6.8 per cent — reversing the 11.8 per cent increase posted in May.

Thinking about catching up with friends and family during the upcoming National Day long weekend?There's good news if you are concerned about transport.Public transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT will extend the operating hours of train services on the eve of National Day (Aug 8).In addition, the operating hours of 53 bus services will also be extended to complement the extension of train operating hours. Commuters are advised to plan their journeys early and note the changes. NSL, EWL, CCL and TELSMRT will extend the departure time of its last train on the North-South Line to leave City Hall MRT station for Jurong East, Marina South Pier and Tuas Link stations to 12.30am. Meanwhile, the last train departing East-West Line's City Hall station will also be at 12.30am.On the Circle Line, the last train leaving Marina Bay and HarbourFront stations will be at 11.57pm and 11.30pm respectively.The last train departing from Woodlands North and Bayshore on the Thomson-East Coast Line will be at 12am and 12.12am respectively.

A private hire ride took an unexpected turn when the driver offered dating advice and tried to play Cupid by recommending his son to an amused female passenger.A TikTok video posted on Sunday (July 26) by user @expiredstankysocks recounted the incident and showed the woman seated in the back seat of a car while conversing with the driver. «Grab driver's dating advice,» the video captioned. «I will always entertain these type of conversations.» The woman is heard saying, «You recommend your son to me?» before learning forward to apparently get a look at a photo of the driver's son. She added that he looks «quite handsome». The driver goes on to share his two cents about Singaporean men, adding that he doesn't like the kind of guys who expect to split the bill on dates. The woman then asks what if the man is very handsome, to which the driver responds: «If the guy go out one time (and) split (the bill it's) ok, next time you block him.»The driver then compliments the girl on her appearance, quipping that her queue of suitors would stretch all the way from Tuas Checkpoint to Woodlands Checkpoint.

The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of an 86-year-old elderly man, Tew Chiu Hung.In a news release published on Monday (July 27), the police said he was last seen at Block 922 Tampines Street 91 at about 11am on Sunday (July 26).He was wearing a yellow buttoned top, beige Bermuda shorts and black sandals.The said address is in vicinity of Pathlight School (Tampines) and Junyuan Primary School.AsiaOne understands that the 86-year-old man has dementia. Those with information are urged to contact the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness. All information will be kept strictly confidential, the police said.[[nid:735166]]editor@asiaone.com 

A total of eight motorists, aged between 30 and 55, will be charged in court on Tuesday (July 28) for speeding offences involving heavy vehicles not fitted with speed limiters.Police said in a news release on Monday afternoon that the alleged offences were committed between December 2025 and May 2026.Three cases involved bus drivers who exceeded their vehicles' imposed speed limit of 60kmh.They were caught speeding at speeds of between 74kmh and 75kmh along the various expressways.There were also three cases involving drivers of cement mixers, which have a speed limit of 40kmh. The first driver, a 48-year-old man, travelled at 64kmh along Pan Island Expressway (PIE) towards Tuas, while a 40-year-old was found travelling at 58kmh along Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) towards Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE).A third cement truck driver, aged 51, drove along MCE towards KPE at a speed of 56kmh.All three cases involving cement truck drivers took place between March and May this year.

Singapore's central bank unexpectedly tightened its monetary policy settings on Monday (July 27), citing inflation concerns.The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it would slightly increase the prevailing rate of appreciation of its exchange rate-based policy band, which is known as the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER).It said there was no change to the width of the policy band or the level at which it is centred.Of the 16 analysts polled by Reuters ahead of the review, 12 had expected the MAS to hold policy settings steady and four had forecast a tightening.«Core inflation is projected to step up from July and remain elevated but should moderate discernibly from around mid-2027,» the MAS said.The MAS had tightened monetary policy at its previous meeting in April. MAS said the extent of this increase in the rate of S$NEER appreciation is smaller than in April.The annual core inflation rate was 1.6 per cent y/y in June, lower than expectations.Preliminary data showed the economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 5.7 per cent in the second quarter from a year earlier.[[nid:741000]]

A 76-year-old man was found dead at the foot of a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Outram on Sunday (July 26) morning.The incident happened at about 10.20am at Block 3 Everton Park, located in the vicinity of the Police Cantonment Complex and Singapore General Hospital.An eyewitness told AsiaOne that the man landed outside a nursing resource centre at the ground floor of the block.A police cordon was extended around an open area next to a community pavilion.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that the man was found lying motionless at the foot of the said block and was pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedic.They added that no foul play is suspected based on their preliminary investigations.Police investigations are ongoing.

SINGAPORE — Singapore's central bank tightened its monetary policy settings unexpectedly on Monday (July 27), with inflation projected to step up in the months ahead.Singapore's central bank has a unique method of managing monetary policy, tweaking the exchange rate of its currency instead of changing domestic interest rates like many economies.The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sets the path of what it calls the policy band of the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate (S$NEER), thus strengthening or weakening the local currency against those of its main trading partners.Why does Singapore use this method?Singapore is a small and trade-reliant economy. Gross exports and imports of goods and services are more than three times its gross domestic product (GDP). Almost 40 cents of every Singapore dollar spent domestically is on imports.That means the exchange rate has a much bigger influence on inflation than domestic interest rates.

Singapore condemns the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia, including on energy infrastructure and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Sunday (July 27).The ministry added that it is imperative that navigational rights and freedoms are respected and upheld in accordance with international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and that the safety of seafarers and ships is ensured in accordance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).«We urge all parties to exercise restraint and avoid actions that could further escalate tensions,» MFA said.The ministry's comments came a day after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations at two Red Sea ports and Saudi-backed forces ‌bombed the Houthis on Saturday, extending the war in the Gulf to a second front.

A mother's post has sparked debate about parenting children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).In Facebook forum Complaint Singapore, a woman — who posted anonymously on Friday (July 24) under the nickname QuickLlama9346 — shared she had recently visited bakery Yamazaki by Four Leaves in VivoCity with her two children and a helper.She said her kids had each picked up a donut from the display shelf and took a bite before paying for them. She added that it had happened too fast for her to react.«I immediately apologised to the staff and assured them that I would pay for both donuts without hesitation,» she recalled.Feeling «embarrassed but trying to remain composed,» she continued browsing while her helper stayed outside the bakery with her children.A few moments later, she purportedly heard an elderly woman behind the packing counter remark «very loudly in Chinese»: «We cannot blame the children. We can only blame the parents for their poor upbringing.»The words hit her harder than she could have imagined, said the mother, who also shared a censored photo of the staff member.

A fight between two women at People's Park Complex on Friday (July 24) resulted in a trip to the hospital for one of them.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Police Force said they received a call for assistance at the mall at about 4.35pm.A 53-year-old woman was conveyed conscious to the hospital and is assisting with investigations for voluntarily causing hurt.According to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, who told AsiaOne they were alerted at about the same time as the police, the woman was sent to the Singapore General Hospital.Police investigations are ongoing.In an article published on July 25, Shin Min Daily News reported that one of the women involved is said to be the owner of a massage parlour.An employee from a nearby store told the Chinese daily the two women had a long-standing feud. On Friday, one of them slapped the other, leading to a physical fight.This is the third brawl to have happened at People's Park Complex in a month.

SINGAPORE - Writer Don Shiau, 45, and his then wife waited nearly three years before filing for divorce - holding out for a new legal option for them to part ways without blaming each other.They used divorce by mutual agreement, which kicked in on July 1, 2024, as it did not feel truthful or fair to cite unreasonable behaviour as the reason for their marriage ending.«It was not the kind of divorce (where you think) 'You are so unreasonable that I cannot live with you anymore',» said Shiau.«We felt we conducted ourselves well in the marriage. So to go on record to say (there was) unreasonable behaviour, it didn't feel emotionally right.»The childless couple separated amicably.There was no major deal breaker like adultery or abuse, said Shiau, who obtained his former wife's blessing for this interview.He added that their marriage counsellor had said their main issue was the way they handled conflict.«We had very different approaches to resolving conflict, and it ended up taking a toll on both of us,» he said.«We ended up feeling unhappy and resentful, and it felt (like the marriage) couldn't work anymore.»