Singapore's economy avoided a recession and expanded 1.2 percent in 2023, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Sunday, warning however that geopolitical risks will weigh on next year's growth.The affluent city-state's economic performance is often see...

More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the thirteenth year since fighting began, a war monitor said on Sunday.The figure was an increase on 2022, when 3,825 people were killed.That was...

Air strikes in eastern Syria, "likely" carried out by Israel, killed at least 23 pro-Iran fighters Saturday, a war monitor said, reporting four more dead in the country's north.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said "23 pro-Iranian fighters", i...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel displayed unparalleled "morality" in the Gaza war and rejected South Africa's charge that it was committing "genocidal" acts in the Palestinian territory."We will continue our defensive war, the...

Shipping giant Maersk said on Sunday it was suspending the passage of vessels through a key Red Sea strait for 48 hours, after Yemeni rebels attacked one of its merchant ships.The Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged, Denmark-owned and operated conta...

US Navy helicopters sank three vessels operated by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels that had attacked a container ship in the Red Sea, the military said Sunday.After the Huthis fired on the US helicopters, they "returned fire in self-defense", sinkin...

As Wall Street closed the books Friday on a surprisingly strong 2023, the focus is shifting to the US presidential election and other risks confronting equities in 2024.Major indices faltered in Friday's final session of the year, but the declines we...

McDonald's Malaysia has sued a pro-Palestinian group for $1.3 million over its calls to boycott companies allegedly supporting Israel.In a statement issued Friday, the fast-food chain said the civil suit against BDS Malaysia was aimed at protecting "...

The United States on Friday announced the approval of a $147.5 million sale of 155mm high-explosive artillery munitions and related equipment to Israel under an emergency provision that waives the usual congressional review.The same provision was use...

South Africa launched a case on Friday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for what it said were "genocidal" acts in Gaza, with Israel rejecting the case "with disgust."According to a statement, the ICJ application related to a...

Fighting raged Saturday across Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are "exhausted" with no end in sight to war between the besieged territory's Hamas rulers and Israel, now in its 13th week.Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip's southern city of Khan Yu...

Two decades after a landmark but limited revision of Morocco's family law marked a breakthrough for women, activists hope new reforms will defy Islamist objections and provide greater equality.The reform of the legal code was ordered directly by King...