According to court documents, Singaporean adoption papers were prepared for at least 10 babies using fake identities and forged birth certificates.

CNA has reached out to Malaysia’s foreign ministry on the status of the other six ships. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday (Apr 7) that Malaysia's energy supply is expected to be sufficient at least until June this year. 

Malaysian preclearance officers will have certain protections and immunities when performing official duties in Singapore, under a proposed law facilitating operations on the new Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link.

This comes after Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi.

Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun could meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during her trip to China.

For the first time, more respondents have confidence in ASEAN upholding the rules-based order than the United States, according to an annual poll by Singapore think tank ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Released by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore on Tuesday (Apr 7), the survey findings place Beijing back in front after trailing Washington last year, reflecting shifting regional sentiment amid intensifying great power competition.

As the Iran war drags on into its sixth week, CNA takes a look at how some Southeast Asian states are responding to the energy crisis and skyrocketing costs.

Top leader To Lam, who was reaffirmed as the party's general secretary in January, is also widely expected to become president.

This was the third Japan-linked ship to transit the strait.

North Korea previously said that drones sent from the South had violated its airspace, accusing Seoul of a serious provocation and saying it had shot them down.

US President Donald Trump's threats to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran if the Strait of Hormuz is not open by Tuesday have put traders on edge for reciprocal attacks by Tehran.

Over the decade, Mongolia has been flooded with cheap, end-of-life hybrid electric vehicles (EVs) from Japan. The final instalment of a CNA series on Asia’s EVs looks at how the country could be turning into a green technology dumping ground.

Cheng Li-wun will be the first sitting chair of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang to visit the mainland in a decade, in a trip analysts say is laden with political signalling ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Beijing next month.