26-year-old Tan Songchun was a healthy part-time student at Singapore Institute of Management. When he returned from work and went into his room at his parents’ home in Sengkang to take a nap on Tuesday night, his parents did not expect that it would be the last time they saw him alive. More »Mystery surrounds shock death of part-time student
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A mother in Mexico has been arrested on suspicion of gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son during a ceremony. Police said on Thursday they had arrested seven people, including the boy's parents, after his eyeballs were pulled out during the ritual in Nezahualcoyotl, a working-class neighborhood on the eastern flank of Mexico City. "There was some kind of ceremony inside a house," said Laura Uribe, a spokeswoman for state prosecutors in the State of Mexico, a populous region that borders much of the capital. She did not give details of what the ritual involved. ... More »Mexican mother arrested after son's eyes gouged out
His love literally set her on fire. More »Woman dies after being set on fire by ex-lover in Sengkang
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican magistrates formally charged Pope Benedict's butler with illegal possession of secret documents on Saturday and said a wider investigation would take place to see if he had any accomplices who helped him leak them. Paolo Gabriele is suspected of leaking highly sensitive documents, some alleging cronyism and corruption in Vatican contracts, in a scandal which has come to be known as "Vatileaks". A statement referred to Gabriele, 46, who was until his arrest on Wednesday night serving the pope meals and helping him dress, as "the defendant". ... More »Pope's butler charged over leaks scandal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Thursday arrested a New Jersey man who they said had confessed to the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in a case that drew national attention to the plight of missing children and had frustrated law enforcement officials for more than three decades. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Pedro Hernandez, 51, confessed to choking the young boy in the basement of the small food market where Hernandez worked stocking shelves, then disposed of the body in a plastic bag that he threw in the trash. ... More »Suspect confesses to killing New York boy in 1979 - police
Shoes containing human bones from people killed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami are likely to begin washing up on the US West Coast later this year, an expert said Thursday. More »Japan tsunami bones to wash up in US: oceanographer
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in the early hours of Saturday, killing two people and wounding several others, police said. An 18-year-old man wearing camouflage clothing was arrested after the shooting in Hyvinkaa, a small town 56 km (34 miles) north of the capital Helsinki. The motive for the shooting was unclear. It followed a series of shooting sprees in Finland in recent years and came less than a year after anti-immigrant gunman Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in a rampage in neighbouring Norway. ... More »Rooftop gunman kills two in Finland
Barely two weeks after the fatal Ferrari-taxi crash that killed three people, another high-speed crash has taken place at exactly the same site at the Rochor/Bugis area. More »Four-car accident at Rochor Ferrari crash site
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists said was an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. The bloodied bodies of children, some with their skulls split open, were shown in footage posted to YouTube purporting to show the victims of the shelling in the central town of Houla on Friday. The sound of wailing filled the room. ... More »U.N. says over 92 killed, 32 of them children, in Syria attack
The Vatican on Saturday confirmed the arrest of Pope Benedict XVI's butler on suspicion of leaking confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to the media. More »Vatican confirms Pope's butler arrested in leaks scandal
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A suicide bomb squad killed a policeman and wounded more than a dozen people in central Turkey on Friday after driving into a police station and opening fire, Turkish officials said. More »Suicide bombing kills one policeman in Turkey
A tearful People's Action Party (PAP) candidate Desmond Choo makes an emotional appeal for voters to give him a chance to forge a new future for them, during his party's last rally for the Hougang by-election on Thursday. More »Tearful Desmond Choo tells Hougang voters: I will stand up for you
Make your final meal of the day one that sets with the sun in order to lose weight. More »Avoid eating after dark to lose weight: study
Pop diva Lady Gaga on Sunday cancelled her Indonesian concert with promoters saying the security threat was too serious after Islamic hardliners promised "chaos" if she entered the Muslim nation. More »Lady Gaga Indonesia concert off after threats
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - A migrant workers group has called on the government to investigate the death under mysterious circumstances of a Filipino domestic helper in Mongolia last year. More »Probe of Filipina's death in Mongolia sought
by Romesh NavaratnarajahThe Novena Ville (pictured) mixed-use development has been sold to Fragrance Realty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fragrance Group Ltd for S$131.5 million. More »Novena Ville sold in collective sale for S$131.5m
Could there be several solutions to Singapore's population woes that avoid the difficulties that some new residents and citizens face in fitting in? More »Two S’pore couples want kids – but not their own
Ever wondered what most Singaporeans look for in their search for a life partner? Well, according to a food survey done by Electrolux Asia Pacific, the way to a man's heart is indeed through his stomach -- with 86 per cent of Singaporeans admitting that a person's ability to cook is regarded as one of the most desirable qualities in a partner. More »S'poreans prefer partners who can cook: survey
Fight fire with fire. That's what celebrity blogger Wendy Cheng, also known as Xiaxue, did when she was repeatedly flamed on Facebook over the past week. More »Celeb blogger Xiaxue's name-and-shame post sparks debate