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Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's, from People's Action Party (PAP) thanks his supporters and voters at an assembly area for People's Action Party supporters, on the day of the general election in Singapore, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Singapore’s long-ruling party wins another landslide in election boost for new prime minister
Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party has secured another general election landslide, extending its 66-year unbroken rule. Its improved performance on Saturday is a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who came to power in 2024.
May 3
Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong arrives to participate in ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Singapore’s long-ruling party seeks stronger election victory in test for new prime minister
Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state’s long ruling party. It will be closely watched as a gauge of public confidence in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s leadership.
May 3
Visitors take pictures in-front of a giant billboard display of Huawei's industry's first tri-foldable phone during the opening of its global sales in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Huawei’s tri-foldable phone hits global markets in a show of defiance amid US curbs
Chinese tech giant Huawei has held a global launch for the industry’s first tri-foldable phone. Analysts say it marked a symbolic victory for Huawei amid U.S. technology curbs but that challenges over pricing, durability, supply and app constraints may limit its success.
February 18
From left to right, Laos's Foreign Affairs Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary to ASEAN Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, Philippines's Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, Brunei Darussalam Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, Cambodia's Secretary of State Kung Phoak, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Azneal Ishak, Pool)
Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers met this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
January 19
This photo provided by U.S. Embassy, Philippines, shows the arrival of Afghan U.S. Special Immigrant Visa Applicants in the Philippines Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (U.S. Embassy, Philippines via AP)
Afghans arrive in the Philippines to complete visa processing for resettlement in US
A group of Afghan nationals have arrived in the Philippines to process special immigrant visas for their resettlement in the United States.
January 6
FILE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, right, receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
Lee Kuan Yew’s youngest son says the UK has granted him asylum from persecution in Singapore
Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.
October 22, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the 12th ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Vientiane Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Tang Chhin Sothy/Pool Photo via AP)
Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea during an annual summit meeting, and pledged the U.S. will continue to uphold freedom of navigation in
October 11, 2024
From left, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah hold hands for a photo session during the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-China Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
China defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks and blames meddling by foreign forces
Southeast Asian leaders have stepped up pressure on China to respect international law following clashes in the disputed South China Sea, but Chinese Premier Li Qiang remained defiant during annual summit talks as he blamed “external forces” for interfering in regional affairs.
October 10, 2024
From left Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet hold hands for a photo session during the opening ceremony of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Southeast Asian leaders meet in Laos to discuss Myanmar war and disputed sea
Southeast Asian leaders are meeting at an annual forum that will focus on the civil war in Myanmar and territorial tensions in the South China Sea, two challenges that have long tested the bloc’s credibility.
October 9, 2024
FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, centre left, stands next to his father and former prime minister Hun Sen, center right, during the country's 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith), File)
Cambodian maid is arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodia leaders on social media
A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been arrested and deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leaders.
October 3, 2024
This photo shows buisiness shops owned by Global Ikhwan, an Islamic business group linked to a banned religious cult, in suburb of central Selangor state, Malaysia Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Eileen Ng)
Sexual abuse at Islamic welfare homes exposes weaknesses in child protection in Malaysia
A police swoop on 20 child welfare homes in Malaysia where hundreds of children were allegedly sexually abused has exposed weaknesses in child protection in the country and cast a spotlight on the Islamic business group that ran the homes.
September 13, 2024
Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore's National Parks Board Hwang Yu-Ning presents Pope Francis with a 'Dendrobium His Holiness Pope Francis', a specially bred orchid variety named after him at the Parliament House in Singapore, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Pope Francis flew to Singapore on Wednesday for the final leg of his trip through Asia, arriving in one of the world's richest countries from one of its poorest after a record-setting final Mass in East Timor. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope marvels at Singapore’s skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant workers not be forgotten
Pope Francis has praised Singapore’s economic development as a testament to human ingenuity. But he’s urging the city-state to look after the weakest too.
September 12, 2024
In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, China's Premier Li Qiang, left, shakes hands with Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before their meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)
Fresh Malaysian durians will make their way to China as trade deals signed during Premier Li’s visit
Fresh Malaysian durians will soon make their way to China as the two countries signed a slew of trade and economic deals during a visit by Premier Li Qiang to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations.
June 19, 2024
In this photo released by Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong makes a speech after being sworn in at the Istana in Singapore, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Wong was sworn in Wednesday as the nation's fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure continuity and stability in the Asian financial hub. (Ministry of Communications and Information via AP)
Singapore’s new prime minister vows to ‘lead in our own way’ as Lee dynasty ends after half-century
Singapore’s new prime minister has vowed to make “tomorrow better than today” as he took his oath of office in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure stability in the Asian financial hub. The U.S.
May 16, 2024
CORRECTS THE SOURCE - In this photo released by Fire & Rescue Department of Malaysia, fire and rescue department inspect the crash site of two helicopter in Lumur, Perak state, Monday, April 23, 2024. Malaysia's navy says two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people on board. (Fire & Rescue Department of Malaysia via AP)
2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash while training, killing all 10 crew
Malaysia’s navy says two military helicopters collided midair and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people on board.
April 23, 2024
Grace Subathirai Nathan, showing a picture of her mother on her cellphone during an interview with The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened her law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Frozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off their grief without answers
Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014.
March 7, 2024
FILE - Flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 on March 22, 2014. A decade ago this week, a Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace to become one of aviation’s biggest mystery. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 passengers. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here’s what we know about one of aviation’s biggest mysteries
A Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace on March 8, 2014, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 passengers.
March 6, 2024
A Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane arrives at Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated for an infection, in Malaysia, Friday, March 1, 2024. King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized
A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated at a hospital for an infection.
March 1, 2024
Members of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party wait outside the Palace of Justice, background, as they await the Federal Court's decision on Kelantan state's sharia law criminal enactment, in Putrajaya, Malaysia Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Malaysia's top court Friday struck down over a dozen Shariah-based state laws, saying they encroached on federal authority, a decision denounced by Islamists who fear it could undermine religious courts across the country.(AP Photo)
Malaysia’s top court invalidates state’s Islam-based laws on incest, sodomy and other offenses
Malaysia’s top court has struck down Shariah-based criminal laws in an opposition-run state, saying they encroached on federal authority.
February 9, 2024
FILE - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak waves as he leaves Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 11, 2019. Malaysia's Pardons Board said Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, it has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak's 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply cut the fine imposed after his corruption conviction.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
Malaysia halves prison term for ex-Prime Minister who oversaw multibillion-dollar 1MDB thefts
Malaysia’s Pardons Board said Friday it has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence by half and sharply cut a fine, less than two years into his sentence from a corruption case linked to the theft of billions of dollars from state coffers.
February 2, 2024
Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, left, receives documents from Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the oath taking ceremony as the 17th King of Malaysia at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Sultan Ibrahim, the powerful billionaire ruler of southern Johor state, was sworn-in Wednesday as Malaysia’s new king. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
Malaysia’s new king is an outspoken billionaire in a role with growing political influence
The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state has been sworn in as the nation’s new king under a unique rotating monarchy system. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar took his oath of office Wednesday in a palace ceremony.
January 31, 2024
Former Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin on wheelchair speaks to media at the courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Daim was charged Monday for failing to declare his assets more than two decades after he left office, in a prosecution he slammed as politically driven. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Malaysia charges ex-minister for not declaring assets, as graft probe targets Mahathir’s allies
Malaysia charged a former minister on Monday with failing to declare assets. It’s the latest step in a corruption probe that’s targeting people connected to the country’s last prime minister.
January 30, 2024
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, right, speaks during a news conference at his office in Putrajaya, Malaysia Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Mahathir Mohamad said a graft probe into his son's wealth was politically motivated to undermine the opposition. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
As his son faces a graft probe, a Malaysian ex-PM says the government wants to prosecute its rivals
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad attacked a graft probe into his associates as politically motivated, a week after his eldest son was ordered to hand over information to investigators.
January 22, 2024
FILE - Tourists take a picture with the skyline of Singapore, on Nov. 6, 2023. Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in the first ministerial corruption case ever seen in the Asian financial hub known for squeaky clean government. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
A Singapore minister is charged with corruption, accused of taking tickets to F1 races and musicals
Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was charged Thursday in the first ministerial corruption case ever seen in the Asian financial hub known for squeaky clean government.
January 18, 2024
FILE - Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir attends the Retreat Session at the 56th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Malaysia's government says more than 120 suspected victims of job scams have been rescued after being stranded by fighting in northern Myanmar between the military and armed ethnic groups. Foreign Minister Zambry said they are in a safe location and the government hoped to fly them home by Thursday, Nov. 30. (Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool Photo via AP, File)
127 Malaysians, suspected to be victims of job scams, rescued from Myanmar fighting
Malaysia’s government says more than 120 suspected victims of job scams have been rescued after being stranded by fighting in northern Myanmar between the military and armed ethnic groups.
November 28, 2023
FILE - A woman holds a poster during a rally against British band Coldplay ahead of its concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2023. Organizers of Coldplay's concert on Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Malaysia can stop the show if the British rock band misbehaves, a minister said as the government rejected Muslim conservatives' calls to cancel the show. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Coldplay concert in Malaysia can be stopped by organizers if the band misbehaves, government says
A Malaysian minister said organizers of a Coldplay concert are able to stop Wednesday’s show if the British rock band misbehaves. Muslim conservatives have protested the concert over Coldplay’s support for the LGBTQ+ community.
November 22, 2023
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks during the APEC CEO Summit Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
US and Philippines sign a nuclear cooperation pact allowing US investment and technologies
The United States and the Philippines have signed a nuclear cooperation pact under which U.S. investment and technologies are to help the Southeast Asian nation transition to cleaner energy and bolster its power supply.
November 17, 2023
Britain's Prince William, right, takes part in a panel discussion on stage with Earthshot Prize trustee Christiana Figueres, left, Brandon Ng of Ampd Energy at the Earthshot+ Summit at Park Royal Pickering in Singapore, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. William is on a four-day visit to Singapore, where he attended the Earthshot Prize that aims to reward innovative efforts to combat climate change. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP)
Prince William hopes to expand his Earthshot Prize into a global environment movement by 2030
Britain’s Prince William is looking to expand his Earthshot Prize program into a global movement to bolster environmental solutions and galvanize governments to be more engaged in green sectors so that climate change would be easier to tackle.
November 8, 2023
Britain's Prince William, left, walks with Felix Loh, CEO of The Gardens by the Bay, as the prince arrived to meet with Earthshot finalists at the city-state's famed park in Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. William is in Singapore for the annual The Earthshot Prize awards ceremony, the first to be held in Asia. William and his charity launched the global competition in 2020 to promote innovative solutions and technologies to combat global warming and protect the planet. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Prince William says deeper global cooperation can win the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking
Britain’s Prince William says seven countries _ Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Britain and the United States _ have committed at a wildlife summit to deepen their intelligence-sharing and other cooperation to combat money laundering by international gangs engaged in the ill
November 7, 2023
FILE - Construction vehicles are parked at the site of Lynas' rare earths plant in Gebeng, eastern Malaysia, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths said Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, that it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrading as it deals with a legal battle with the Malaysian government over its operating license. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)
Australia’s Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license
Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths says it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrades while dealing with a legal battle with the Malaysian government over its operating license.
October 20, 2023
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