A Singaporean man who underwent sex-change surgery before being convicted on drugs charges escaped caning after a court recognised the change in gender, local media reported Tuesday.

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Singapore weapons manufacturer on Tuesday rejected allegations that it used bribes in bidding for an Indian defence contract and vowed to 'vigorously' defend its reputation.

India's ministry of defen

Singapore on Wednesday urged the United States to be careful in comments on China, warning that suggestions of a strategy to contain the rising power could cause strife in Asia.

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Singapore's Changi Airports Group is in talks to buy a 26 per cent stake in the airport business of India's GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd , the Economic Times has reported.

Changi, which operates Si

With a formal partnership with ASEAN now two decades old, India sees its ties with the 10-nation forum as a key component of its Look East policy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, as he left for Ba

Former deputy prime minister Tony Tan secured victory after a recount in Singapore's presidential election on Sunday, the razor-thin winning margin exposing sharp divisions in the electorate.

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Singaporeans voted on Saturday in the city-state's first contested presidential election in 18 years following a heated campaign marked by calls for stronger checks on the ruling party.

Polls opened

Tamil matinee idol Rajnikanth is going to Singapore for further treatment, said his daughter Aishwarya, adding he is not in any danger but needed privacy.

Singapore: Singapore's economy grew 12.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, a record year in which the city state was Asia's strongest economic performer, government figures showed on Monday.

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Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Malaysia Airlines on Saturday cancelled flights to Jakarta because of the violent eruption of Indonesia's most active volcano.