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In a new book, media veteran Cheong Yip Seng says the national broadsheet should stop covering local and municipal matters.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have potentially devastating flow-on effects for oil supplies and prices in ...
At least two supertankers made U-turns near the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. military strikes on Iran, shiptracking data ...
The Strait of Hormuz is a critical maritime chokepoint that links the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and beyond to the high ...
In today's big story, US warplanes bombed three of Iran's nuclear sites. Now, all eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz, a 90-mile ...
Iran's threat to block the world's most vital oil transit point has raised fears of major global economic consequences.
In the Singapore Strait alone, an upward trend can be observed since 2019. There were 31 incidents that year - from seven in 2018. These include both actual and attempted attacks.
They track Singapore’s development from as early as the 17th century to 1867, when the Straits Settlement was made a British Crown Colony, with Singapore as its capital. Here are some rare maps ...
On 5 Mar 19 at about 1110 hrs, a Malaysia-registered tug boat Sung Fatt 31 towing barge Sung Fatt 36 was underway in the Singapore Strait when 11 perpetrators boarded the barge from two small crafts.
[SINGAPORE] Oil’s latest rally may have little immediate impact on Singapore, but analysts warn that an escalation in Middle East tensions – particularly a blockade of the highly strategic Strait of ...
The Singapore Strait saw the world’s largest number of reported piracy and armed robbery attempts in the first half of the year, though most were low-level crimes, according to a new report.
Since the beginning of 2023, sea robbery in the Singapore Strait has increased at an alarming rate. The 113-km long, 19-km wide strait that connects the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea is one of ...