SINGAPORE, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Singapore will take a harder stance against drug-laced vapes from September as it changes the classification of anaesthetic agent etomidate from a poison to a drug, the ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is considering harsher punishments for sex offences against minors, the law minister said, after a U.S. martial arts instructor was jailed for four years for having ...

A Malaysian man convicted of heroin trafficking is scheduled for execution this week in Singapore, prompting renewed calls from anti-death penalty activists for a halt to capital punishment in the ...

On October 8, Singapore hanged Pannir Selvam Pranthaman. The Southeast Asian country’s High Court first sentenced the 38-year-old to death in 2017 for importing 51.84 grams of heroin from Malaysia to ...

Singapore's High Court dismissed on Dec. 16 the first legal challenge in years to the city-state's mandatory death penalty for certain drug crimes, a blow for campaigners in a year that has seen ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s prison hanged a Malaysian drug trafficker Wednesday, marking the second execution in two weeks and raising the number of executions in the city-state to 12 this ...

Let’s start with an uncomfortable colonial inheritance. The island nation didn’t invent capital punishment – it received this grim package deal from British rule. That hanging noose swings with ...

Singapore, where spitting in public and selling chewing gum is illegal, has long been known for its strict laws. Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to ...

Singapore projects itself as one of Asia’s most advanced, efficient, and modern financial hubs — a place admired by the West for its governance, innovation, and prosperity. Yet, beneath this gleaming ...