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External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar met with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan and two other senior Ministers during his ongoing visit to Singapore

BEIJING - Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due in China on Sunday for the highest-level trip by a US official in nearly five years as the rival powers look to lower the temperature after soaring tensions.

Philippines leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr has touted his first overseas trip as a success that secured investment pledges of $14 billion, as the son of the country's late ruler eyes economic gains to get his presidency off to a strong start.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held separate talks in Riyadh on Monday with his counterparts from Singapore, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, and Equatorial Guinea, Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe. Discussions focused on Saudi Arabia’s relations with Singapore and Equatorial Guinea and opportunities for cooperation. They also tackled issues…

Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said that the Russian attack on Ukraine was a “great threat to the world order,” warning at the same time against the US-Chinese tension over Taiwan. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Balakrishnan stressed that the continuation of the Russian attack on Ukraine constituted a…

"India fully supports a strong, unified, prosperous ASEAN whose centrality in the Indo-Pacific is fully recognised," India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said.

India and Southeast Asian foreign ministers are meeting in the Indian capital, and India and Singapore have called for strengthening ties amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a heightened rivalry between the United States and China that threatens peace and stability in the region

Dharmalingam (34), was executed on April 27, 2022, after a last appeal by his mother was dismissed by the Singapore court.

Singapore’s top diplomat said he hopes China will use its “enormous influence” on Russia to help end its war with Ukraine, warning that Beijing’s decisions in the coming days and weeks could determine the future path of the global economy.