A Singaporean artist under investigation for allegedly vandalizing public roads saw more than 11,000 Internet users Wednesday petitioning online for police leniency.

The former head of Singapore's civil defense force was on Wednesday charged with accepting sex for favors in the most serious corruption case involving senior government officials in almost 20 years.

Police in Singapore say a 25-year-old woman has been arrested for painting graffiti and placing stickers on public property.

Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday.

China urged its citizens Thursday to respect Singapore's laws as footage of a deadly car crash caused by a Chinese expatriate driving a Ferrari drew more than one million hits on YouTube.

A Singapore opposition party leader on Wednesday denounced the government for rejecting his application to leave the country to address a human rights forum in Norway.

A Qantas Airbus A380 jet that dramatically lost an engine in a mid-air blast near Singapore in November 2010 was formally handed back to the Australian flag carrier Saturday after extensive repairs.

Singapore has begun installing police surveillance cameras that will eventually cover all 10,000 public-housing blocks across the island, officials confirmed Friday.

Singapore's prime minister warned against growing anti-immigrant sentiment inflamed by a Chinese student's insults, telling his countrymen Thursday to avoid stereotypes and not feel resentment toward foreigners.

Singapore's plan to mandate one day off a week for foreign maids after years of outcry by human rights groups is adding fuel to a raging debate about decent jobs and the soaring cost of living on the high-cost island.